Patent ID: 8657776

Claim:
An ocular implant adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye, the implant comprising: a spine extending along a curved longitudinal axis of the implant on a convex side of the implant, a plurality of supports extending from the spine at a plurality of longitudinally spaced support locations, each support comprising a dorsal loop extending from a first side of the spine and a ventral loop extending from a second side of the spine opposite the first side, and an elongate opening extending along the longitudinal axis and bordered by the spine and the dorsal and ventral loops of the supports, the spine extending in a straight line continuously through the support locations, the spine and supports defining a volume having a maximum width perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between 0.005 inches and 0.04 inches, the ocular implant being configured to bend preferentially in a preferential bending plane.