Surgery – Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to... – With flow control means
Patent
1985-06-21
1986-08-05
Truluck, Dalton L.
Surgery
Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...
With flow control means
604294, A61M 2700
Patent
active
046040870
ABSTRACT:
A device for draining aqueous humor from an eye comprises a drainage tube and a drainage body. The drainage tube drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye, and the drainage body distributes drained aqueous humor over a relatively large area. The drainage tube is firmly fixed to the drainage body, and opens directly on to a surface of the drainage body. The drainage body is constituted by a silicone rubber band having a width of at least 5 mm and a length which is sufficient for the band to pass around, and to be sutured to, the sclera of the eye in an equatorial position. The device is provided with a pressure gradient limiting valve having a predetermined opening pressure.
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