Patent ID: 8337509

Claim:
An ocular implant system comprising: an ocular implant comprising an inlet sized and configured to be disposed in an anterior chamber of a human subject's eye and a body sized and configured to be disposed in Schlemm's canal of the eye when the inlet is disposed in the anterior chamber, the ocular implant being adapted to bend preferentially in a preferential bending plane; and a delivery cannula comprising a tubular member comprising a distal curved portion, a distal opening surrounded by a distal opening surface, a distal sharp portion and a distal tip, the distal sharp portion being adapted to be inserted into an anterior chamber of a human subject's eye, through trabecular meshwork and into Schlemm's canal of the eye by piercing the trabecular meshwork and a wall of Schlemm's canal, the tubular member being adapted to extend from a location exterior to the eye when the distal tip is in Schlemm's canal of the eye, the cannula being further adapted to cooperate with an advancement mechanism to advance the ocular implant through at least the curved portion of the tubular member toward and through the distal opening into Schlemm's canal of the eye when the distal tip of the delivery tool is disposed in Schlemm's canal.