Patent ID: 7163543

Claim:
A method, of performing surgery to lower intraocular pressure of an eye, comprising: providing an opening into an anterior chamber of the eye; inserting an instrument into the anterior chamber through said opening to perform a cataract extraction from the eye; providing an ocular implant having an inflow portion in fluid communication with an outflow portion; transporting the ocular implant from the opening through the anterior chamber of the eye to a fluid collection channel of the eye; positioning the ocular implant such that the inflow portion of the ocular implant is positioned in the anterior chamber and the outflow portion of the ocular implant is positioned at the fluid collection channel; and permitting aqueous humor to flow from the anterior chamber of the eye through the inflow portion of the ocular implant to the outflow portion of the ocular implant and into the fluid collection channel of the eye; wherein the fluid collection channel is selected from the group consisting of Schlemm's canal, an aqueous collector channel, and an episcleral vein of the eye.