Patent ID: 7025740
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A device for treating glaucoma comprising a one way valve that opens and closes in response to intraocular pressure within an eye of a patient suffering from glaucoma, said valve including a distribution plate made of a flexible, resilient material and having a first end, a second end opposed to the first end, a substantially concave substantially smooth underside surface, a substantially convex topside surface, said plate including a pocket molded therein near the first end of the plate in which the valve is seated with the first end of the valve facing inward towards the second end of the plate, said pocket including a top wall forming at least a portion of the convex topside surface of the plate, said top wall having a first opening therein near the first end of the plate that provides access to enable the valve to be inserted into the pocket by manipulation of the top wall, a recess at the first end of the plate adjacent the first opening into which a section of the first end of the inlet tube is seated upon insertion of the valve into the pocket, and a second opening inward of the first opening that allows aqueous humor flowing from the first end of the valve to flow through the second opening onto the topside surface.