Patent ID: 9498324
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K

Claim Text:
1. A scleral prosthesis comprising: an elongated body configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye, the elongated body comprising (i) opposing first and second free ends and (ii) multiple first portions that form the first end of the body and part of a remainder of the body between the first and second ends, the first portions of the body separated by empty space and unconnected lengthwise to each other between a point where the first portions of the body meet and the first end, the first and second ends wider than the remainder of the body; and an insert configured to be placed in the empty space and retained between the first portions of the body; wherein the empty space tapers from a first larger width adjacent the first end to a smaller width and then expands to a second larger width adjacent the point where the first portions of the body meet.