Patent ID: 7488303

Claim:
An implant for treating an ocular disorder, said implant having a longitudinal implant axis and comprising: an outflow portion through which said longitudinal implant axis passes, said outflow portion shaped and sized to be: (a) introduced into Schlemm's canal of an eye with said portion of said longitudinal implant axis at an angle to Schlemm's canal; and (b) received at least partially within Schlemm's canal regardless of a rotational orientation of the outflow portion about said longitudinal implant axis during said introduction; a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings in the outflow portion, the openings allowing fluid to communicate from a lumen within the outflow portion to a location outside the outflow portion; an inflow portion configured to be positioned within an anterior chamber of the eye so as to permit communication of fluid from the anterior chamber to the outflow portion; and an anchoring member extending from the implant and being disposed distally of the longitudinally spaced openings; wherein said longitudinal implant axis extends through a trabecular meshwork of the eye and is generally orthogonal to Schlemm's canal during said fluid communication.