Implantable self-inflating attenuation device and method for...

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2007-02-16

2009-02-03

Lacyk, John P (Department: 3735)

Surgery

Miscellaneous

C606S204250

Reexamination Certificate

active

07484510

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an attenuation device comprising a flexible housing and a medium capable of transformation to inflate the housing from the first configuration to the second configuration. Also disclose herein are methods of treating a patient, comprising: providing a self-inflating expandable attenuation device, containing a medium which is transformable from a first, reduced volume to a second, expanded volume; positioning the attenuation device within the patient at a treatment site; and transforming the medium from the first volume to the second volume. In one embodiment, a self-inflating expandable attenuation device is used to treat glaucoma.

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Michael Quigley et al.,A New Pressure Attenuation Index to Evaluate Retinal Circulation, Arch Ophthalmol, vol. 117 , pp. 8489 (Jan. 1999).

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