Ocular pressure regulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8486000
APP PUB NO 20070088242A1
SERIAL NO

10579330

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This invention comprises a flexible ocular device for implantation into the eye formed of a biocompatible elastomeric material, foldable to a diameter of 1.5 mm or less, comprising a fluid drainage tube having at one end a foldable plate adapted to located the device on the inner surface of the sclera in a suprachoroidal space formed by cyclodialyis, said drainage tube opening on to the disc at one end and opening to the anterior chamber when implanted into the eye at its other end, so as to provide aqueous pressure regulation. Also provided are methods for the treatment of glaucoma utilizing the flexible ocular device, and an ocular pressure spike shunt.

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  • NOVARTIS AG

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Coroneo, Minas Theodore Sydney, AU 36 1006

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