Patent ID: 6186974
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61F,C08F

Abstract:
A device for positioning in a slit aperture in the eye of a human or animal patient for relieving glaucoma, said device comprising:an elongate body section having interior and exterior end sections at respective interior and exterior ends thereof;at least one lumen extending through the body between the interior and exterior ends thereof;wherein the exterior end section has a channel, one end of which has a mouth which opens to the outside of the eye and the other end of which is in fluid communication with at least one of said at least one lumen, andwherein the interior end section has a passageway, one end of which has a mouth opening into an internal chamber of the eye and the other end of which is in fluid communication with at least one of said at least one lumen,whereby the device has a conduit for fluid flowing from an internal chamber of the eye, which conduit extends through the passageway, the lumen and the channel and out to the outside of the eye, the body section being adapted for positioning in the slit aperture in the wall of the eye, the interior end section being adapted for being located so that it extends into an internal chamber of the eye and the exterior section being adapted for being located so that the mouth opens to the outside of the eye,wherein the conduit includes a removable flow inhibitor which inhibits flow in the conduit,wherein the body section has a cross section perpendicular to its axis which is the shape of an axial section through a bi-convex lens.