Patent ID: 9421130
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A method of treating an eye, comprising: introducing an ocular implant through a cornea of an eye with the ocular implant being loaded on a delivery instrument, wherein the ocular implant comprises: advancing the ocular implant through the anterior chamber; advancing the ocular implant between the ciliary body and the sclera so as to peel or separate a choroid from a sclera and from a suprachoroidal space using a distal tip of the delivery instrument or the implant; and detaching the ocular implant from the delivery instrument so that a distal end of the ocular implant is positioned to fluidly communicate with the suprachoroidal or supraciliary space and a proximal end of the ocular implant is in the anterior chamber of the eye.