Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100145320 | Surgical laser system with remote control functionality - Embodiments of the present invention provide a laser surgical system with a basic set of functionality which is remotely controllable to implement an advanced set of functionality. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a basic laser surgical system may be coupled to an advanced control unit such that the basic laser surgical system may be controllable by the advanced control unit to implement a broader set of functionality. By moving less frequently used functionality to an advanced unit, the basic unit may be streamlined with regards to both cost and size, and the learning curve required to utilize the basic unit may be reduced relative to a more feature-ladened unit, allowing the basic unit to be utilized in myriad situations or procedures where an “all-in-one” unit would be less than desirable. | 06-10-2010 |
20120089134 | Contactless Photodisruptive Laser assisted Cataract Surgery - Method, apparatus and systems for laser surgery as part of cataract surgery. The implementation thereof includes: A means to perform an anterior or posterior capsulorhexis using a rapid fire sequence of photodisruptive laser pulses, placed to open the capsule for cataract surgery. The system and methods provides the means to target and direct the laser pulse sequence into the desired region of the eye without the need of a patient interface or other contact with the eye. | 04-12-2012 |
20120123315 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to different types of intraocular shunts. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123316 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS FOR PLACEMENT IN THE INTRA-TENON'S SPACE - The present invention generally relates to intraocular shunts, and in particular, to intraocular shunts configured to form a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and the intra-Tenon's space. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123317 | METHODS FOR IMPLANATION OF GLAUCOMA SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to the reduction of intraocular pressure, and in particular, to improved methods for implanting an intraocular shunt in the eye to treat glaucoma. The methods provide for implantation of an intraocular shunt while minimizing the risk of severe eye trauma due to the interaction between the deployment device and the surrounding eye tissue. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123430 | DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing including a proximal portion and a distal portion, in which the distal portion is movable within the proximal portion, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123433 | METHODS FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to methods for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into an eye a deployment device configured to hold an intraocular shunt, determining that a distal portion of the device is properly positioned within the eye without use of an optical apparatus that contacts the eye, and deploying the shunt from the device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123434 | DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing including an angled distal end, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123435 | DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, in which a distal end of the housing includes a protrusion, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123436 | DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled inside the housing to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt, and the device includes an insertion configuration and a deployment configuration and the insertion configuration involves the shaft being fully disposed within the housing. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123437 | METHODS FOR TREATING CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA - The present invention generally relates to methods for treating closed angle glaucoma. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into an eye a deployment device configured to hold an intraocular shunt, using the device to re-open an at least partially closed anterior chamber angle of an eye, and deploying the shunt from the device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123438 | METHODS FOR INTRA-TENON'S SHUNT PLACEMENT - The present invention generally relates to the reduction of intraocular pressure, and in particular, to methods for treating glaucoma by insertion of an intraocular shunt in the eye such that it forms a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and the intra-Tenon's space. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123439 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNT DEPLOYMENT DEVICES - The invention generally relates to devices for deploying an intraocular shunt within an eye. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt, and in which rotation of the deployment mechanism results in deployment of the shunt. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123440 | METHODS FOR DEPLOYING AN INTRAOCULAR SHUNT FROM A DEPLOYMENT DEVICE AND INTO AN EYE - The invention generally relates to methods for using an intraocular shunt deployment device to deploy an intraocular shunt from the device and into an eye. | 05-17-2012 |
20120165720 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to different types of intraocular shunts. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165721 | SYSTEMS FOR DEPLOYING INTRAOCULAR SHUNTS - The present invention generally relates to systems for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, systems of the invention include a locking mechanism, and a device configured to hold and deploy an intraocular shunt, in which a distal portion of the device is movable within a proximal portion of the device and the distal portion of the device is configured to mate with the locking mechanism to prevent movement of the distal portion when the locking mechanism is engaged. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165722 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING A SHUNT IN THE SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE - The invention generally relates to devices and methods for implanting a shunt in the suprachoroidal space of an eye. In certain aspects, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a flexible hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft holds an intraocular shunt, and is configured to self-guide the shunt along a scleral spur of an eye as the shunt is deployed from the shaft. Such a device may be inserted into an eye and used to deploy a shunt within the eye such that a proximal portion of the shunt receives fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye and a distal portion of the shunt directs the fluid to the suprachoroidal space. | 06-28-2012 |
20120165723 | METHODS FOR IMPLANTING A SOFT GEL SHUNT IN THE SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE - The invention generally relates to methods for implanting a soft gel shunt in the suprachoroidal space. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into the eye a hollow shaft configured to hold a soft gel intraocular shunt, deploying the soft gel shunt from the hollow shaft such that the shunt forms a passage from the anterior chamber of the eye to the suprachoroidal space of the eye, and withdrawing the hollow shaft from the eye. | 06-28-2012 |
20120197175 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR RELIEVING PRESSURE IN AN ORGAN - The invention generally relates to shunts in which at least a portion of the body includes a drug. | 08-02-2012 |
20130149429 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING GELATIN SHUNTS - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for making gelatin shunts. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods that may involve moving a wire through a bath including a bottom layer of liquid gelatin and a top layer of water, thereby coating the wire with gelatin, moving the gelatin coated wire through an aperture, and drying the gelatin on the wire in a humidity controlled space, thereby manufacturing a gelatin shunt. In other embodiments, the invention provides systems that may include a motor, a wire operably coupled to the motor for movement of the wire, a temperature controllable bath, an aperture plate situated in a top portion of the bath, and an ultrasonic fogger, in which the system is configured such that the wire moves through the bath, through the aperture plate, and into the ultrasonic fogger. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150770 | METHODS FOR PLACING A SHUNT INTO THE INTRA-SCLERAL SPACE - The present invention generally relates to intraocular shunts, and in particular, to intraocular shunts configured to form a drainage pathway between the anterior chamber and the intra-scleral space. | 06-13-2013 |
20140272102 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNT MANUFACTURE - An intraocular shunt can be manufactured using a system that includes a liquid bath and a wire, which is moved through the bath. When moved through the bath, the wire is coated with a material, such as gelatin. For example, the liquid bath can have a top layer, including water, and a bottom layer, including gelatin. The coated wire passes through an aperture formed in a plate component of the system. The gelatin can be dried on the wire in a humidity-controlled space, thereby forming the shunt. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287077 | INTRAOCULAR SHUNT MANUFACTURE - An intraocular shunt can be manufactured using a system that includes a liquid bath and a wire, which is moved through the bath. When moved through the bath, the wire is coated with a material, such as gelatin. For example, the liquid bath can have a top layer, including water, and a bottom layer, including gelatin. The coated wire passes through an aperture formed in a plate component of the system. The gelatin can be dried on the wire in a humidity-controlled space, thereby forming the shunt. | 09-25-2014 |