Patent ID: 7736389

Claim:
A suture device for preventing and/or treating presbyopia of the eye, the suture device configured for suturing to the outer wall of the sclera to effect buckling and compressing a portion of the sclera and the suture device having a convex portion shaped to force the ciliary body inwardly thereby exerting a posterior compression force perpendicular to the sclera, wherein the compression force strengthens the muscle of the ciliary body by reducing the stretching of the scleral spur occurring with age, the suture device comprising: an I-beam shaped compression body having an elongated semi-circular convex center portion, the center portion of the I-beam terminating in transverse first and second ends wherein the first end is adapted for receiving a first suture thereon and the second end is adapted for receiving a second suture thereon; wherein each of the first end and second end having a configuration preventing the first suture and the second suture from slipping off the center portion, respectively; the semi-circular convex center portion having a tissue engaging surface extending outwardly from a front of the center portion and extending between the transverse first and second ends; and whereby when the transverse first end is sutured to the outer wall of the sclera using the first suture and the transverse second end is sutured to the outer wall of the sclera using the second suture, the tissue engaging surface of the semi-circular convex portion is compressed against a portion of the outer wall of the sclera thereby exerting a compression force to the sclera.