Patent ID: 8262726

Claim:
A method of implanting an ocular device into the eye, comprising: forming an incision in the cornea of the eye; loading onto a delivery device an implant having a fluid passageway and a wall material imparting a stiffness to the implant such that after implantation the implant is able to deform sub-scleral eye tissue adjacent the implant forming a tented volume in the sub-scleral eye tissue; inserting the implant loaded on the delivery device through the incision into the anterior chamber of the eye; passing the implant along a pathway from the anterior chamber through an iridocorneal angle of the eye, wherein the iridocorneal angle of the eye comprises an iris root, a portion of a ciliary body, a scleral spur, and a portion of the cornea; and positioning at least a portion of the implant such that a first portion of the fluid passageway communicates with the anterior chamber and a second portion of the fluid passageway cantilevers off the portion of the ciliary body such that the tented volume in the sub-scleral eye tissue communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid passageway between the suprachoroidal space and the anterior chamber.