Patent ID: 7850638

Claim:
A method of placing an ocular device into the eye, comprising: providing a fluid drainage tube having a longitudinal, internal lumen, a first end and a second end; forming a self-sealing incision in the cornea into the anterior chamber of the eye; introducing the first end and second end of the fluid drainage tube through the self-sealing incision and into the anterior chamber; separating at least a portion of the ciliary body from at least a portion of the sclera from within the anterior chamber so as to place the fluid drainage tube such that when implanted into the eye the first end of the drainage tube communicates with the suprachoroidal space, the second end of the fluid drainage tube is in the anterior chamber, and the internal lumen provides a pathway for aqueous humor to flow through the fluid drainage tube from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space, so as to provide aqueous pressure regulation.