Surgically implantable device for glaucoma relief

Details Surgically implantable device for glaucoma relief Surgically implantable device for glaucoma relief

1992-09-30

1994-04-05

Kruter, Jerome L.

Surgery

Devices transferring fluids from within one area of body to...

With flow control means

623 4, A61M 500

Patent

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053000200

ABSTRACT:
The invention contemplates a surgically implantable device for controlled drainage flow of aqueous fluid from the anterior chamber of the eye into nearby subconjunctival space, all in relief of a glaucomatous condition of excessive pressure within the eye. The device includes provision for so controlling the rate of aqueous flow as to assure against anterior-chamber collapse, thus avoiding irreparable damage which might otherwise result to the corneal endothelium, to the iris, or to the lens of the eye.

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