Patent ID: 6761724
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A method of introducing a medical device to a position within a subretinal region of an eye, having a sclera, an intraocular region, a chorioidea, and a retina, comprising the following steps:providing a side incision in the sclera; providing an incision in the underlying chorioidea; inserting an elongated flat strip of flexible material having a guiding surface through the side incisions in the sclera and chorioidea into the subretinal region of the eye; sliding said flat strip between the chorioidea and the retina to the position, without opening the intraocular region of the eye; introducing the medical device through the side incisions in the sclera and chorioidea and into the subretinal region of the eye; and guiding the medical device along the guiding surface of the flat strip to the position within the subretinal region of the eye.