Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma

Details Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma Shunt device and method for treating glaucoma

A - Human Necessities

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A61F 9/007 (2006.01) A61F 2/14 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2368354

Shunt devices and a method for continuously decompressing elevated intraocular pressure in eyes affected by glaucoma by diverting excess aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into Schlemm's canal where post-operative patency can be maintained with an indwelling shunt device which surgically connects the canal with the anterior chamber. The shunt devices provide uni- or bi-directional flow of aqueous humor into Schlemm's canal.

L'invention concerne des dispositifs de dérivation et un procédé pour décomprimer en continu une pression intraoculaire élevée dans des yeux atteints de glaucome, par dérivation de l'excès d'humeur aqueuse provenant de la chambre antérieure de l'oeil dans le canal de Schlemm. Une perméabilité postopératoire peut être maintenue à l'aide d'un dispositif de dérivation à demeure qui relie chirurgicalement le canal à la chambre intérieure. Les dispositifs de dérivation assurent un écoulement unidirectionnel ou bidirectionnel de l'humeur aqueuse dans le canal de Schlemm.

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