Patent ID: 8123729

Claim:
An apparatus for treating ocular disease in a patient, the apparatus comprising: a locating device, the locating device having a tissue contacting surface configured for contacting an exterior surface of the patient's eye, the locating device adapted for non-invasively locating Schlemm's Canal within the patient's eye and for indicating when Schlemm's Canal is located in a imaging plane that extends distally from the tissue contacting surface of the locating device; a microsurgical device; and a surgical access device physically coupled to the locating device for guiding the microsurgical device in relation to the locating device, the surgical access device being configured to access Schlemm's Canal within the imaging plane of the locating device and to deliver the microsurgical device into Schlemm's Canal along a path spaced apart distally from the tissue contacting surface of the locating device and approximately parallel to the tissue contacting surface of the locating device; wherein the locating device comprises an ultrasound imaging transducer; and wherein the tissue contacting surface of the locating device is curved to approximate a curve of the exterior surface on an anterior of the patient's eye.