Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1997-12-24
2000-08-15
Nguyen, Dinh X.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
623 41, 604 8, A61B 1900
Patent
active
061020451
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for lowering the intraocular pressure of an eye are provided. The apparatus is a filtering implant comprising a cellulosic membrane adapted to extend from the anterior chamber of the eye through an opening in the limbus corneae to a drainage area beneath a scleral flap. In its most preferred embodiment, the cellulosic membrane consists essentially of a homopolymer of glucose units connected in a 1,4'-.beta. linkage. The implant is of a planar, generally rectangular shape. The method involves preparing and implanting the device within the eye such that it extends from the anterior chamber of the eye through an opening in the limbus corneae to a drainage area beneath a scleral flap.
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Abstract entitled Effect of Cellulose Membrane Implants on Glaucoma Filteration Surgery in Rabbits in vol. 35, No. 4 of Investigative Opthamology and Visual Science and Abstract Submission Form.
Li Bing
Nordquist Robert E.
Nguyen Dinh X.
Premier Laser Systems, Inc.
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