Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for delivering ocular implants into an anterior chamber of the eye
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Application No.: US16805217Application Date: 2020-02-28
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Publication No.: US11712369B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Andrew T. Schieber , Iqbal K. Ahmed
- Applicant: Alcon Inc.
- Applicant Address: CH Fribourg
- Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Fribourg
- Agency: Levine Bagade Han LLP
- Main IPC: A61F9/00
- IPC: A61F9/00 ; A61F9/007

Abstract:
An ocular implant adapted to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of a human eye with a body extending along a curved longitudinal central axis in a curvature plane, a first strut on one side of the implant and a second strut on an opposite side of the implant, the circumferential extent of the first strut with respect to the plane of curvature being greater than the circumferential extent of the second strut with respect to the plane of curvature. The invention also includes methods of using the implant.
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