Patent ID: 7594899
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical method for diverting aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye, the surgical method comprising: providing an implantable aqueous humor drainage device having an elongate duct structure having two ends opposite one another and a fixation member that extends radially outward from said elongate duct structure, said fixation member spaced apart from said ends of said elongate duct structure; creating a pouch by separating Tenon's membrane from the sclera in a region extending rearward of the limbus of the eye, wherein the pouch defines interior space bounded above by a portion of Tenon's membrane disposed rearward of the limbus and bounded below by a portion of the sclera disposed rearward of the limbus; forming an opening through the sclera into the anterior chamber of the eye; inserting a distal portion of the elongate duct structure through the opening through the sclera into the anterior chamber of the eye; positioning the fixation member and a proximal portion of the elongate duct structure in the pouch, the fixation member for fixing the elongate duct structure in the pouch; and closing the pouch.