Patent ID: 8852256

Claim:
A method of deploying an intraocular shunt into an eye having an anterior chamber, a sclera, and a Tenon's capsule, the method comprising the steps of: advancing a hollow shaft through the anterior chamber, the hollow shaft (a) having a beveled tip at a distal end of the hollow shaft and (b) holding the intraocular shunt with a proximal end of the shunt within the hollow shaft and a distal end of the shunt positioned closer to the distal end of the hollow shaft than is the proximal end of the shunt; penetrating the sclera with the hollow shaft; orienting a beveled surface of the beveled tip such that the beveled surface faces toward the Tenon's capsule when the beveled tip passes out of the sclera; positioning the distal end of the shunt in a space between the sclera and the Tenon's capsule; and positioning the proximal end of the shunt in the anterior chamber.