Patent ID: 7122042

Claim:
An apparatus for use with an eye having a sclera, a choroid, and subretinal fluid, said apparatus comprising: a barrel section having a first wall configured to define a first interior volume and adapted to retain fluid therein; a needle section, extending from said barrel section, having a second wall defining a second interior volume and adapted to retain fluid therein, said needle section being in fluidic communication with said barrel section such that the subretinal fluid of an eye is retained within and flows between said needle section and said barrel section when the subretinal fluid of said eye is drained into said needle section; a cautery section of said needle section; a scleral depressor section at least partially surrounding an intermediate portion of said needle section and adapted to engage and depress the sclera of said eye; and an energy supplying device configured to supply energy to said cautery section such that said cautery section is heated for cauterizing the choroid of the eye.