Patent ID: 11896529
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. An ophthalmic device, comprising:
a shaft: and
a platform, the platform comprising:
first and second portions;
a tip disposed at a first end of the first portion;
a ramp extending from the first end of the first portion to an intersection between a second end of the first portion and a first end of the second portion, the ramp continuously increasing from a first thickness at the first end of the first portion to a second thickness, greater than the first thickness, at the intersection between the second end of the first portion and the first end of the second portion; and
first and second blades extending from the ramp at the second portion after the intersection, the first and second blades configured to cut parallel incisions through a trabecular meshwork of an eye,

wherein as trabecular meshwork tissue advances over right and left edges of the ramp during movement of the platform, an incline of the right and left edges is configured to cause the trabecular meshwork tissue to be lifted away from a back wall of a Schlemm's canal.