Patent ID: 7192412

Claim:
A method of treating a patient with elevated intraocular pressure using a treatment recommendation which provides at least one of a recommended location of a stent implantation and a recommended number of stents to be implanted, the method comprising: acquiring a treatment recommendation comprising said at least one of said recommended location of said stent implantation and said recommended number of stents to be implanted for the patient, the treatment recommendation based on a baseline intraocular pressure of the patient, at least one of a target intraocular pressure and a target reduction in intraocular pressure for the patient, and at least one aqueous cavity datum, wherein the at least one aqueous cavity datum is selected from the group of a collector channel resistance, a Schlemm's canal resistance, a length of a segment of Schlemm's canal, a height of Schlemm's canal, and a width of Schlemm's canal; and treating the patient according to the treatment recommendation.