Patent ID: 9655779
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61M,F04B

Claim:
1. A method of adjusting intraocular pressure within an eye, the method comprising: introducing aqueous humor into an inlet of a deformable tube disposed within a circumferential groove extending between an inlet port and an outlet port of a housing of an implantable device implanted on or within an exterior layer of the eye so that the deformable tube is in communication with the aqueous humor in an anterior chamber of the eye; draining the aqueous humor through the deformable tube at a first drainage rate caused by application of a compressive force on the deformable tube by a disk eccentrically mounted within the housing, the disk positioned at a first stationary position along an arc; and moving the disk within the housing to a second stationary position along the arc to adjust an angular orientation of the disk within the housing such that an adjusted compressive force is applied to the deformable tube causing aqueous humor to move through the deformable tube at a second drainage rate, different from the first drainage rate.