Glaucoma shunt and a method of making and surgically implanting the same
US6699210B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/905
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A glaucoma shunt including first and second porous regions laminated together, and a third region having edge areas fused to edge areas of the second region so as to form a hollow reservoir therebetween. Also included is a catheter having a first end sandwiched between the second and third regions and a second end to be implanted into an anterior region of an eye. A method of making and surgically implanting such a glaucoma shunt is also included.
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