Patent ID: 8075511
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for treating an ocular disorder, comprising: an implant having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a lumen extending between the inlet portion and the outlet portion and communicating with inlet and outlet ports, the implant sized so that in use aqueous humor flows from an anterior chamber of an eye into the lumen through the inlet port and then through the outlet port and into a uveal scleral outflow path of the eye; and a delivery device configured to advance the implant from within the anterior chamber, with the outlet portion leading the inlet portion, to a location where the outlet port communicates with the uveal scleral outflow path and the inlet port communicates with the anterior chamber, the delivery device being configured to access the anterior chamber through a corneal incision having a size less than about 1 mm; wherein the delivery device comprises a handpiece and an elongate tip connected to a distal end of the handpiece, wherein the elongate tip comprises a distal portion configured to hold the implant, and wherein the distal portion of the elongate tip has a deflection range.