Patent ID: 8747429

Claim:
A resilient catheter comprising: a resilient tube; a plurality of segmental balloons connected in series to said resilient tube, and being sized and configured so as to be capable of being directed under the conjunctiva and above the sclera toward a retinal tear, each of said plurality of segmental balloons having balloon portions disposed on opposite sides of said resilient tube; said resilient tube extending through a central portion of each of said plurality of segmental balloons; said plurality of segmental balloons further configured to produce at least one buckle inside the eye once inflated by said resilient tube, and capable of being separated from a remaining part of said catheter while said plurality of segmental balloons are left in place for a period of time so as to heal the retinal tear; a fiber optic attached to an outside or inside of said resilient tube so as to enable viewing of the path of said resilient tube under the conjunctiva and the location of said resilient tube inside the eye, said fiber optic being configured and arranged to be removed from said resilient tube after surgery so as to leave said plurality of segmental balloons in place; and a clamp or a suture for closing said resilient tube so as to prevent a pressure loss in said plurality of segmental balloons.