Patent ID: 6036678
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for preparing an implant for implantation in the subretinal area of a host eye, the method comprising the steps of: coiling a flexible implantable therapeutic material having a sheet-like configuration to form a volute by placing the implantable material one end first into a first tubular body at an open end thereof and feeding the implantable material through the larger diameter end of a funnel shaped bore in said first tubular body, whereby engagement of the implantable material with an interior surface of the funnel shaped bore as the implantable material passes therethrough coils the implantable material into a volute, wherein the volute may exit from a smaller diameter end of the funnel shaped bore;and transferring the volute from the smaller diameter end of the funnel shaped bore into a second tubular body, wherein said second tubular body has a first end for receiving the implant and a second end for insertion into a host.