Glaucoma treatment device

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A61M 25/00 (2006.01) A61F 9/007 (2006.01) A61L 27/16 (2006.01) A61L 29/04 (2006.01) A61M 27/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1187369

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Glaucoma treatment device for surgical implant for the treatment and management of glaucoma. The glaucoma treatment device includes a single continuous length of cylindrical member having two ends substantially in a first plane and angled slightly inwards toward each other, two smaller loops having the small loops substantially in a like second plane at a slight out- ward angle to the first plane and each outer end of the small loops connected to the two ends, and an elongated large loop with a large end radius in between the two ends, substantially positioned in the first plane and connected to the inner ends of the smaller loops. The cylindrical member can consist of poly- methylmethacrylate or like material. The device is surgically implanted in the eye under a partial thickness scleral flap in the newly formed scleral bed, and secures a channel for aqueous humor to flow away from the eye.

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