Patent ID: 9707128
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A method of delivering a portion of a shunt device to the retrobulbar space to reduce intraocular pressure of an eye with the shunt device, comprising: positioning a first end portion of a tube body of the shunt device into a retrobulbar space by inserting an arcuate introducer and stylet into the eye adjacent to the sclera and extending the arcuate introducer and stylet into the retrobulbar space, withdrawing the stylet from the arcuate introducer, guiding the tube body with a sleeve through the arcuate introducer until a first end portion of the tube body is inserted into the retrobulbar space, wherein the sleeve is positioned over the tube body and aids the tube body in sliding within the arcuate introducer, withdrawing the sleeve from the arcuate introducer and tube body, and withdrawing the arcuate introducer from the retrobulbar space leaving the first end portion of the tube body implanted in the retrobulbar space; positioning a second end portion of the tube body into an anterior chamber of the eye by inserting the second end portion of the tube body through the sclera and into the anterior chamber thereby fluidly connecting the anterior chamber to the retrobulbar space, thereby providing fluid passage for aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye to the retrobulbar space; maintaining a space between the first end portion and a retro-orbital tissue with a stent basket coupled to the first end portion, wherein the aqueous humor passes through the stent basket into the retrobulbar space; and