Patent ID: 8192389

Claim:
Monocanaliculonasal and/or monocanalicular intubation assembly for nasolachrymal imperforation, comprising a hollow tube made of a flexible material defining therein a longitudinal passage for receiving a mandrel for pushing said hollow tube into said lachrymal duct, and a blocking plug for locking the tube in position in the lachrymal duct, said tube including a hole for the inserting of said mandrel into the tube, said hole formed in a lateral wall of said tube opposite said plug; said plug including a cylindrical shank and a collar protruding laterally from the whole cylindrical shank at a free end thereof, wherein said hollow tube has a cross section of circular shape with a diameter that is constant along said tube from said cylindrical shank toward an opposed end of said tube, said cylindrical shank being inclined relative to said tube and extending itself directly from said tube.