Patent ID: 8109896

Claim:
A method of implanting an implant for assisting drainage of aqueous humor from the eye, said method comprising: using an implant sized to fit within the Schlemm's Canal of the eye, said implant having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of penetrating members, wherein each of said penetrating members has a first unextended position in which said penetrating member lies generally close to said longitudinal axis of the implant and a second extended position in which said penetrating member is extended outward to be farther away from the longitudinal axis of the implant; forming an access opening into the Schlemm's Canal; inserting said implant into the Schlemm's Canal through said opening; advancing said implant in a circumferential direction around at least a substantial portion of said Schlemm's Canal with said penetrating members in said first unextended position; and causing said penetrating members to move from said first unextended position to said second extended position, wherein said penetrating members penetrate the wall of the Schlemm's Canal.