Surgery – Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...
Patent
1987-08-21
1989-05-02
Truluck, Dalton L.
Surgery
Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...
604294, A61M 2700
Patent
active
048264784
ABSTRACT:
An implant and a surgical technique involving the anterior chamber tube shunt to an encircling band treatment for reducing neovascular and other refractory glaucomas is disclosed. The implant is a tube connected to a band. One end of the tube is located in the anterior chamber of the eye and the other end of the tube is mounted to the band, which is mounted around the equator of the eye. The length of the tube approximates the length of the band to initially restrict flow of aqueous from the anterior chamber and thereby prevent hypotony. Additionally, all surfaces of the implant may be treated with a heparin complex before implantation of the device.
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