Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular glaucoma implant
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Application No.: US16622610Application Date: 2018-06-15
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Publication No.: US11833077B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Matthew L. Cavuto , Dalia P. Leibowitz , Callum Joseph Macintosh
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/037764 2018.06.15
- International Announcement: WO2018/232248A 2018.12.20
- Date entered country: 2019-12-13
- Main IPC: A61F9/007
- IPC: A61F9/007

Abstract:
A modular glaucoma implant for the treatment of glaucoma is described. Embodiments disclosed describe a glaucoma treatment device including an elongated fixation stent that allows aqueous humor to flow from the anterior chamber of the eye to the Schlemm's Canal when implanted. One or more drainage tubes can be inserted into the fixation stent such that the drainage tubes allow aqueous humor to flow from the anterior chamber of the eye to the suprachoroidal space. Surgeons can opt to add as many drainage tubes as desired based on the needed aqueous humor outflow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210137736A1 MODULAR GLAUCOMA IMPLANT Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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