Patent ID: 11938058
Assignee: ALCON INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for reducing intraocular pressure in a patient, the method comprising:
deploying an ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye, the ocular implant comprising:
a tubular body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the tubular body extending in a curved volume whose longitudinal axis forms an arc of a circle; and
a plurality of open areas and strut areas formed in the tubular body, the strut areas surrounding the plurality of open areas; and

a pressure sensor disposed on the inner surface of the tubular body, wherein deployment of the ocular implant is configured to lower an intraocular pressure of the eye from an initial pretreatment pressure to a second pressure; and
administering a therapeutic agent comprising a Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor to the patient after the deployment of the ocular implant to lower the intraocular pressure to a third pressure lower than the second pressure, wherein the therapeutic agent comprising the Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor is administered to the patient using an eye dropper or a syringe.