Patent ID: 8062244
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of treating an ocular disorder, comprising: providing an ocular drainage implant having a proximal end and a distal section with a distal end; forming a first opening to access an anterior chamber of an eye of a mammal; advancing the ocular drainage implant through the first opening and into the anterior chamber of the eye, said ocular drainage implant having a maximum cross-sectional dimension sized to fit through the first opening; transporting the ocular drainage implant through at least a portion of the anterior chamber with the distal end of the ocular drainage implant leading the proximal end of the ocular drainage implant and positioning at least the distal end of the ocular drainage implant within an anterior chamber angle of the eye; forming, from within the anterior chamber, a second opening in eye tissue in the anterior chamber angle using the distal end of the ocular drainage implant; and advancing the distal end of the ocular drainage implant through the second opening such that at least a portion of the distal section of the ocular drainage implant extends into and along a portion of a physiologic outflow pathway.