Patent ID: 7867186
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of implanting a plurality of implants for treating an ocular disorder, comprising: inserting an instrument into an eye through an incision; utilizing said instrument to deliver a first implant through a wall of Schlemm's canal at a first location; utilizing said instrument to deliver a second implant through a wall of Schlemm's canal at a second location, without removing said instrument from the eye between said deliveries of said implants; and conveying aqueous humor from an anterior chamber of the eye to a fluid outflow path of the eye using said first implant and said second implant; wherein said locations are determined by imaging collector channel locations; and wherein when said implants are positioned in said instrument at least one of said implants has an outlet orifice positioned in a direction transverse to an axis of said instrument.