Patent ID: 7857782

Claim:
An ocular implant system, comprising: an ocular implant, the implant comprising an elongated body including a proximal end segment, a distal end segment and an intermediate segment: the proximal end segment comprising an inlet port arranged on the proximal end segment to communicate with an anterior chamber of an eye; the intermediate segment extending between the proximal and distal end segments, the intermediate segment having an inner lumen communicating with the inlet port; and the elongated body including one or more retention features arranged to contact ocular tissue, the elongated body further having one or more outlet ports in communication with the inner lumen and configured to drain aqueous humor to a uveoscleral outflow pathway of the eye; and a delivery device comprising: an elongated member carrying the ocular implant and being configured for ab interno insertion of the ocular implant, the elongated member having a distal portion, the distal portion being sufficiently flexible at least when deployed in an eye so as to bend when accessing a target tissue site in an anterior chamber angle within the eye with the elongated member extending through an opening in the cornea or proximate the limbus disposed apart from the target tissue site, the distal portion further being configured to make an opening through ocular tissue at the target tissue site; and a deployment mechanism acting upon the ocular implant, the deployment mechanism and the elongated member being movable relative to each other so as to deploy the ocular implant from the elongated member and into the ocular tissue through the opening formed by the distal portion of the elongated member.