Patent ID: 8568392
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An endoscopic device for facilitating an application of electromagnetic energy to a sclera beneath a conjunctiva of an eye, the endoscopic device comprising: an electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip having a distal end constructed to be inserted beneath a conjunctiva of an eye and being configured to endoscopically output electromagnetic energy, the electromagnetic energy being outputted in a form of one or more tissue treatments onto one or more treatment areas of the sclera of the eye; a visualization fiber optic coupled to the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip, the visualization fiber optic being configured to enable visualizing through the visualization fiber optic as the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip imparts the one or more tissue treatments onto the one or more treatment areas of the sclera of the eye; and coupling structure contacting and holding the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip in proximity to the visualization fiber optic, the coupling structure holding and orienting the visualization fiber optic to focus a line of sight of the visualization fiber optic onto the distal end of the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip, the coupling structure comprising a relatively low-profile size and shape sufficient to enable insertion of the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip, the visualization fiber optic and the coupling structure under the conjunctiva of the eye and further to enable application of the one or more tissue treatments onto the one or more treatment areas of the sclera of the eye while the electromagnetic energy outputting fiber optic tip, the visualization fiber optic and the coupling structure are beneath the conjunctiva and while the impartation of the one or more tissue treatments onto the one or more treatment areas of the sclera of the eye is being viewed in real-time by a user through the visualization fiber optic.