Patent ID: 8801648
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61M,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An ocular implant, comprising: a body having a first portion having a first end and a second portion having a second end and a fluid flow path defined between at least one inlet and one outlet, said body including two smaller regions each having a cross-sectional size smaller than an intermediate region separating the two smaller regions, the two smaller regions also having a cross-sectional size being smaller than adjacent regions bordering the two smaller regions, said intermediate region and said adjacent regions extending around the full circumference of said body, said at least two smaller regions being disposed remote from the second end between said at least one inlet and one outlet, said body configured to conduct fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye to a physiologic outflow pathway of the eye, wherein said second portion is sized and shaped to be inserted into and along a portion of a length of the physiologic outflow pathway of the eye, and wherein said second portion consists of only one terminus.