Patent ID: 9474594
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A device for effecting deformation of a sclera of an eye, the device comprising: an expandable, mesh tube having holes dispersed through an entire surface thereof and with first and second tapered ends, wherein the mesh tube is configured to be inserted into a sclera of an eye in an unexpanded state and deform the sclera in an expanded state, a central portion of the mesh tube is intrascleral and the first and second tapered ends are each external to the sclera on top of an intact scleral surface in order to deform the sclera due to the expansion by the mesh tube from the unexpanded state to the expanded state, and the mesh tube in the expanded state simultaneously causes the sclera to be deformed so that the sclera moves towards the inside of the eye while simultaneously causing the sclera to move towards the outside of the eye, wherein the mesh tube includes struts, connecting points of the struts are of different sizes, and the first and second tapered ends and the connecting points within the tapered ends are thicker than the connecting points of the mesh tube.