Patent ID: 8349004

Claim:
A device for treatment of retinal detachment in an eye, the eye having a scleral wall with a plurality of slits around the scleral wall forming tunnels in the scleral wall, the device comprising: a main scleral buckle; a band; the main scleral buckle comprising: at least one receptacle; and a first structure disposed in the at least one receptacle and configured to capture and secure the band using a first interlocking structure; the band comprising: at least one end; a second structure, corresponding to the first structure of the main scleral buckle, the second structure disposed on the at least one end of the band and configured to be captured by and secured by the first structure of the main scleral buckle using a second interlocking structure that is complementary to the first interlocking structure of the main scleral buckle; and the band having an inner surface configured to face the eye; an outer surface configured to face away from the eye, the inner surface and the outer surface defining a first edge that is configured to face in an anterior direction relative to the eye and defining a second edge that is configured to face in a posterior direction relative to the eye, the band having a constant thickness and a constant width along all of the band that does not form the second structure, wherein the band has no holes on the inner surface of the band, other than any hole that is part of the second structure, wherein the main scleral buckle includes a main scleral buckle inner surface that is curved in an anterior-to-posterior direction and configured to face the eye, and a main scleral buckle outer surface that is curved in an anterior-to-posterior direction and configured to face away from the eye, and wherein both the main scleral buckle inner surface and the main scleral buckle outer surface are wider in the anterior-to-posterior direction than the width of the band, and wherein the band is configured to pass through one or more of the tunnels.