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Granted Patent B2
US 12,303,430 · App. 18/462,296 · Granted May 20, 2025

Glaucoma treatment device

Inventors: Eugene De Juan, Jr. (San Francisco, CA); Stephen Boyd (Murrieta, CA); Mark E. Deem (Mountain View, CA); Hanson S. Gifford, III (Woodside, CA); Dan Rosenman (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Alcon Inc.
A61F9/00781A61B34/70A61B90/00A61F9/0008A61F9/0017A61F9/007A61F9/00736A61F11/00A61K9/0051A61F2/14A61F2/142A61F9/0133A61F2250/0001A61F2250/0096A61F2250/0097A61M27/002A61M2202/04A61M2210/0612
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Patent No.
US 12,303,430
App. No.
18/462,296
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and devices are adapted for implanting into the eye. An incision is formed in the cornea of the eye and a shunt is inserted through the incision into the anterior chamber of the eye. The shunt includes a fluid passageway. The shunt is passed along a pathway from the anterior chamber through the scleral spur of the eye into the suprachoroidal space and positioned in a first position such that a first portion of the fluid passageway communicates with the anterior chamber and a second portion of the fluid passageway communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid passageway between the suprachoroidal space and the anterior chamber.

Claims (43)

1. An ocular implant system, comprising:

an ocular implant comprising an elongate core member,

wherein the elongate core member comprises an outer surface, and

wherein the elongate core member comprises a plurality of helical or spiral flow channels defined along the outer surface of the elongate core member; and

a delivery instrument, comprising:

a hand-held component; and

an elongated applier operatively coupled to the hand-held component wherein the elongated applier has an internal lumen and wherein the ocular implant is positioned inside the internal lumen, the elongated applier having a proximal region aligned with a longitudinal axis of the hand-held component and a distal region curved away from the longitudinal axis, wherein the delivery instrument is configured to:

pass the ocular implant across the anterior chamber past the scleral spur near the ciliary body of the eye towards the supraciliary space opposite the incision in the cornea; and

position the ocular implant from inside the anterior chamber such that a proximal end of the ocular implant is in the anterior chamber and a distal end of the ocular implant is in fluid communication with the supraciliary space.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the hand-held component comprises an actuator, and wherein positioning the ocular implant further comprises actuating the actuator to retract the elongated applier.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the ocular implant has a shape that is sufficiently blunt so as not to penetrate the scleral spur or a portion of scleral tissue.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distal region of the elongated applier has a shape that is sufficiently blunt so as not to penetrate the scleral spur or a portion of scleral tissue.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the ocular implant has a shape that is sufficiently sharp to penetrate the scleral spur.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distal region of the elongated applier has a shape that is sufficiently sharp to penetrate the scleral spur.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ocular implant has an oval cross-sectional shape.

8. An ocular implant system, comprising:

an ocular implant comprising an elongate core member,

wherein the elongate core member comprises an outer surface, and

wherein the elongate core member comprises a plurality of straight flow channels defined along the outer surface of the elongate core member, wherein the plurality of straight flow channels are arranged circumferentially around the outer surface of the elongate core member; and

a delivery instrument, comprising:

a hand-held component; and

an elongated applier operatively coupled to the hand-held component wherein the elongated applier has an internal lumen and wherein the ocular implant is positioned inside the internal lumen, the elongated applier having a proximal region aligned with a longitudinal axis of the hand-held component and a distal region curved away from the longitudinal axis, wherein the delivery instrument is configured to:

pass the ocular implant across the anterior chamber past the scleral spur near the ciliary body of the eye towards the supraciliary space opposite the incision in the cornea; and

position the ocular implant from inside the anterior chamber such that a proximal end of the ocular implant is in the anterior chamber and a distal end of the ocular implant is in fluid communication with the supraciliary space.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the hand-held component comprises an actuator, and wherein positioning the ocular implant further comprises actuating the actuator to retract the elongated applier.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the distal end of the ocular implant has a shape that is sufficiently blunt so as not to penetrate the scleral spur or a portion of scleral tissue.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the distal region of the elongated applier has a shape that is sufficiently blunt so as not to penetrate the scleral spur or a portion of scleral tissue.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the distal end of the ocular implant has a shape that is sufficiently sharp to penetrate the scleral spur.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the distal region of the elongated applier has a shape that is sufficiently sharp to penetrate the scleral spur.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the ocular implant has an oval cross-sectional shape.

15. An ocular implant system, comprising:

an ocular implant comprising an elongate core member,

wherein the elongate core member is a porous or sponge-like member without a lumen; and

a delivery instrument, comprising:

a hand-held component; and

an elongated applier operatively coupled to the hand-held component wherein the elongated applier has an internal lumen and wherein the ocular implant is positioned inside the internal lumen, the elongated applier having a proximal region aligned with a longitudinal axis of the hand-held component and a distal region curved away from the longitudinal axis, wherein the delivery instrument is configured to:

pass the ocular implant across the anterior chamber past the scleral spur near the ciliary body of the eye towards the supraciliary space opposite the incision in the cornea; and

position the ocular implant from inside the anterior chamber such that a proximal end of the ocular implant is in the anterior chamber and a distal end of the ocular implant is in fluid communication with the supraciliary space.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hand-held component comprises an actuator, and wherein positioning the ocular implant further comprises actuating the actuator to retract the elongated applier.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the distal end of the ocular implant has a shape that is sufficiently blunt so as not to penetrate the scleral spur or a portion of scleral tissue.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the distal region of the elongated applier has a shape that is sufficiently sharp to penetrate the scleral spur.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the ocular implant has an oval cross-sectional shape.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the porous or sponge-like elongate core member has one or more fluid pathways defined through the elongate core member to allow aqueous humor to flow through the elongate core member.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: DE JUAN, EUGENE, JR.; BOYD, STEPHEN; DEEM, MARK E.; GIFFORD, HANSON S., III; ROSENMAN, DAN
To: TRANSCEND MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 064820/0820 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: TRANSCEND MEDICAL, INC.
To: NOVARTIS AG
Reel/Frame 064820/0929 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 064821/0001 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17149834 · Jan 15, 2021
Continuation 15710618 · Sep 20, 2017
Continuation 14706893 · May 7, 2015
Continuation 11615810 · Dec 22, 2006
Provisional Application 60824396 · Sep 1, 2006
Provisional Application 60783632 · Mar 17, 2006
Provisional Application 60759835 · Jan 17, 2006
Related Publication 20230414410A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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