Patent ID: 9259310
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A61F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for effecting compression of a ciliary muscle of an eye, the device comprising: a wire; wherein the wire in a compressed state is configured to fit into a hypodermic needle or cannula for injection into a posterior chamber between an iris and an anterior lens capsule; wherein the wire after injection is configured to self expand to a predetermined annular shape having four oblique median portions and four cardinal meridian portions; and wherein the wire self expands circumferentially, with the circumferential expansion greater in the four oblique meridian portions than in the four cardinal meridians portions, such that the device is configured to compress the ciliary muscle in four quadrants corresponding to the four oblique meridians, and prevent compromised blood flow of cardinal anterior ciliary blood vessels.