Sclero-ceratectomy implant for descemet's membrane
US6383218B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2430/16
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns a pre-descemetic sclero-keratectomy implant, designed for exerting a pressure on the pre-descemetic plane and on the stroma during a surgical treatment of glaucoma. The implant is made of crosslinked hyaluronic acid and has substantially the shape of a polyhedron with at least five faces, advantageously with five or six faces. In preferred embodiments, the implant has the shape of a prism, advantageously straight with a base shape as a triangle or parallelepiped, advantageously straight and preferably rectangular.
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