Patent ID: 6197056
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A segmented scleral expansion band adapted for implantation within or fastening to a zone of the sclera of an eye lying outside of and adjacent to the ciliary body of the eye, said segmented scleral expansion band comprisinga plurality of adjacent arcuate segments, each segment having a curved anterior edge and a curved posterior edge and structural spacing means extending between said anterior edge and said posterior edge and rigidly spacing said edges apart,each segment having lateral ends provided with means for fastening said ends of said adjacent segments together to form a band,said anterior edges and said posterior edges forming, when assembled into said band, an anterior rim and a posterior rim, respectively, of said band, andsaid segments being sized so that said anterior rim of said band will lie outside at least a portion of an anterior portion of said scleral zone and said posterior rim will lie outside at least a portion of a posterior portion of said scleral zone,at least one of said anterior rim, said posterior rim and said spacing means having a diameter greater than the exterior diameter of said scleral zone adjacent thereto.