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

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, wherein deploying the ocular implant comprises:
inserting a distal end of a cannula through an incision in the eye and into an anterior chamber of the eye;
placing a distal opening of the cannula into fluid communication with Schlemm's canal such that the cannula enters Schlemm's canal in a substantially tangential orientation;
advancing the ocular implant distally through the cannula with a delivery tool engaged with the ocular implant, a proximal portion of the ocular implant engaging the delivery tool proximal to a distal portion of the delivery tool; and
disengaging the ocular implant and the delivery tool when the proximal portion of the ocular implant reaches the distal opening of the cannula.