| US 7,488,303 B1 | ||
| Ocular implant with anchor and multiple openings | ||
| David S. Haffner, Mission Viejo, Calif. (US); Gregory T. Smedley, Aliso Viejo, Calif. (US); Thomas W. Burns, Dana Point, Calif. (US); and Hosheng Tu, Newport Coast, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Glaukos Corporation, Laguna Hills, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 22, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/667,580. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/412637, filed on Sep. 21, 2002. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—8 [604/521] | 14 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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