Patent ID: 8808222

Claim:
An ocular implant and delivery system comprising: an ocular implant comprising a body, an elongate channel extending longitudinally within the body, a proximal inlet in fluid communication with the elongate channel, a distal outlet in fluid communication with the elongate channel, and a plurality of openings disposed between the proximal inlet and the distal outlet and communicating with the elongate channel; and a delivery system comprising a core adapted to be disposed within the ocular implant to block the plurality of implant openings when the implant is mounted on the core, the core having a blunt distal end, the core being operable from outside an eye to advance the distal end of the ocular implant from an anterior chamber of the eye through tissue adjacent the anterior chamber to dispose the implant proximal inlet in the anterior chamber and the distal end outside of the anterior chamber and to thereafter be withdrawn from the implant and from the eye.