Ab externo intraocular shunt placement

    公开(公告)号:US11612517B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16679114

    申请日:2019-11-08

    Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.

    Abstract: An intraocular shunt can be placed into the eye in an ab externo approach. A clinician may determine an entry area below a corneal limbus of an eye and a target outflow region. Thereafter, the clinician can insert a hollow shaft into the eye at the entry area toward an anterior chamber of the eye, the shaft carrying an intraocular shunt therein. The clinician can position an inflow end of the shunt within the anterior chamber of the eye and, while maintaining the shunt inflow end in the anterior chamber, can remove the shaft from the eye to release the shunt. Finally, the clinician can repositioning an outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region and verify placement of the outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region.

    Intraocular shunt implantation
    23.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11298264B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16509458

    申请日:2019-07-11

    Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.

    Abstract: Glaucoma can be treated by implanting an intraocular shunt in the eye. The implantation can be performed by first determining an entry area below a corneal limbus of an eye. Thereafter, the intraocular shunt can be inserted into eye tissue through the entry area such that an inflow end of the shunt is positioned in the anterior chamber of the eye and an outflow end of the shunt is positioned between layers of Tenon's capsule.

    Intraocular shunt manufacture
    30.
    发明授权
    Intraocular shunt manufacture 有权
    眼内分流器制造

    公开(公告)号:US09592154B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-14

    申请号:US14834158

    申请日:2015-08-24

    Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.

    Abstract: An intraocular shunt can be manufactured using a system that includes a liquid bath and a wire, which is moved through the bath. When moved through the bath, the wire is coated with a material, such as gelatin. For example, the liquid bath can have a top layer, including water, and a bottom layer, including gelatin. The coated wire passes through an aperture formed in a plate component of the system. The gelatin can be dried on the wire in a humidity-controlled space, thereby forming the shunt.

    Abstract translation: 可以使用包括液浴和电线的系统来制造眼内分流器,该系统通过浴液移动。 当通过浴槽移动时,电线用诸如明胶的材料涂覆。 例如,液体浴可以具有包括水在内的顶层和包括明胶在内的底层。 涂覆的线穿过形成在系统的板组件中的孔。 明胶可以在湿度受控的空间中在线材上干燥,从而形成分流器。

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