- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for delivering ocular implants into the eye
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Application No.: US14692442Application Date: 2015-04-21
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Publication No.: US09226852B2Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Andrew T. Schieber , John Wardle , Edward Matthees , Charles L. Euteneuer
- Applicant: Ivantis, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: IVANTIS, INC.
- Current Assignee: IVANTIS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/16
- IPC: A61F2/16 ; A61F9/007
Abstract:
A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm's canal of a human eye including the following steps: inserting a distal tip of a delivery tool within an anterior chamber of the eye through trabecular meshwork of the eye into Schlemm's canal of the eye; and advancing an ocular implant through a curved portion and a distal opening of the delivery tool to place a body portion of the ocular implant in Schlemm's canal and an inlet portion of the ocular implant in the anterior chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150223984A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING OCULAR IMPLANTS INTO THE EYE Public/Granted day:2015-08-13
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