Patent SG-11201810523P-A (SG)
Title: Guide apparatus for tangential entry into suprachoroidal space
Inventor: OBERKIRCHER BRENDAN J
IPC: A61F9/00
Filed: 2017-06-14
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization 1#11101111 0 11101 HOE 010 1111 1 0 013 01 1101H 0111 00 111110 1111 0111111 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\"1 WO 2017/218613 A2 21 December 2017 (21.12.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: jamin L.; 205 West 4th Street, Suite 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio A61F 9/00 (2006.01) 45202 (US). ROTH, Robert H.; 205 West 4th Street, Suite (21) International Application Number: 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). ORTIZ, Mark S.; PCT/US2017/037364 205 West 4th Street, Suite 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). MEYER, Thomas E.; 205 West 4th Street, Suite (22) International Filing Date: 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). BUSCH, Franklin S.; 14 June 2017 (14.06.2017) 205 West 4th Street, Suite 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). KHAN, Isaac J.; 800/850 Ridgeview Drive, Hor- (25) Filing Language: English sham, Pennsylvania 19044 (US). KEANE, Michael F.; (26) Publication Language: English 800/850 Ridgeview Drive, Horsham, Ohio 19044 (US). (30) Priority Data: RAYMOND, Anna R.; 205 West 4th Street, Suite 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). SCHUBERT, Jacob W.; 205 62/351,620 17 June 2016 (17.06.2016) US West 4th Street, Suite 1140, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US). 15/609,419 31 May 2017 (31.05.2017) US (74) Agent: SHIRTZ, Joseph F. et al.; Johnson & Johnson, (71) Applicant: JANSSEN BIOTECH, INC. [US/US]; One Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick, New Jer- 800/850 Ridgeview Drive, Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 sey 08933 (US). (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — (72) Inventors: PRICE, Daniel W.; 4545 Creek Road, Cincin- kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, nati, Ohio 45242 (US). OBERKIRCHER, Brendan J.; AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 4545 Creek Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 (US). KO, Ben- CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = Title: GUIDE APPARATUS FOR TANGENTIAL ENTRY INTO SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE = (54) = 26 30 = \" -- -- __--- 24 40 20 = = = = = = 24 = = = = Fig. 1 = ei M ,—, cc (57) : An apparatus includes a body and a pair of rigid legs extending from the body. The body includes an engagement feature 1-1 configured to engage a deployment instrument. The legs are parallel with each other. Each leg has a sharp tip. The legs both extend ei ---- along a plane. The body defines a guide opening. The guide opening is oriented transversely relative to the plane associated with the IN legs. The guide opening is sized to receive a cannula having a generally flat profile. The guide opening is configured to guide the 0 cannula through a sclerotomy at a substantially tangential orientation. ei O [Continued on next page] WO 2017/218613 A2 IMIOHOIIIMIIMMEHI331101111111111111111111111111111111111 DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g))