Patent ID: 7678065

Claim:
A method of treating and monitoring of glaucoma, the method comprising: providing a delivery device configured to be inserted into an eye of a patient; providing at least one implant, the implant configured to be held within the delivery device, and the implant comprising: an inlet and an outlet section, the inlet section being in fluid communication with the outlet section and configured to conduct fluid from an anterior chamber of the eye to Schlemm's canal of the eye; providing a sensor element configured to measure intraocular pressure and configured to be held within the delivery device; positioning the at least one implant in the eye such that an end of the inlet section is in the anterior chamber of the eye and an end of the outlet section is in Schlemm's canal; positioning the sensor element completely within the anterior chamber of the eye to measure the intraocular pressure of the eye; and anchoring, from within the anterior chamber, the sensor element to eye tissue such that the sensor element is spaced apart from the implant.