Patent ID: 9693901
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F,A61M

Claim:
1. A method of placing an intraocular shunt into a human eye comprising an anterior chamber and a sclera, the method comprising: advancing a hollow shaft through the anterior chamber, the hollow shaft holding the intraocular shunt and having a distal tip, the distal tip comprising a bevel; penetrating the sclera with the beveled distal tip until all of the bevel is positioned distal to a distal wall of the sclera; after all of the bevel has been positioned distal to the distal wall, advancing the shunt at least partially from the hollow shaft into a drainage space of lower pressure than the anterior chamber; and withdrawing the hollow shaft from the eye and leaving the shunt extending from the anterior chamber completely through the sclera to the drainage space.