Patent ID: 8409277

Claim:
A scleral prosthesis comprising: an elongated body having a first free end and a second free end opposite the first end along a length of the body, a maximum width of the body at each end wider than a maximum width of the body between the ends, the width of the body between the ends measured from a first side of the body to an opposing second side of the body; wherein the body comprises multiple first portions that form the first end of the body and a part of the body between the ends, the first portions separated lengthwise along at least half of a total length of the body from the first free end to the second free end by empty space, the first portions meeting at a point between the ends of the body and being unconnected from each other between that point and the first end of the body; wherein the body further comprises multiple second portions that form the second end of the body and another part of the body between the ends, the second portions separated lengthwise along the body by empty space; wherein the first portions of the body are biased to maintain separation from one another without external interference but are configured to be pushed towards each other to reduce the width of the first end so that the second end is wider than a remainder of the body; and wherein the scleral prosthesis is configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye.