Patent ID: 8721702

Claim:
A device for deploying an intraocular shunt, the device comprising: a housing; a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, the deployment mechanism comprising (i) a rotating component having a diagonal first slot and a diagonal second slot, (ii) a pusher component having a first member that sits within the first slot, and (iii) a retraction component having a second member that sits within the second slot; and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, wherein the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt; wherein rotation of the rotating component causes distal axial movement of the first member thereby urging the pusher component in a distal axial direction to advance the shunt partially from within the shaft, and wherein further rotation of the rotating component causes proximal axial movement of the second member thereby urging the retraction component in a proximal axial direction to retract the shaft from around the shunt, thereby exposing the shunt.