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  • Implant for use in surgery for glaucoma and a method
    Patent number: 8079972
    Abstract: An implant for use in surgery for glaucoma of an eye having an oval plastic piece to which a tube is attached. The oval is wrapped as a taco enclosing the tube. The oval is placed via an incision in the conjunctiva to allow the device to be placed under the lateral or the medial rectus muscle. The tube is disposed in a sceral flap in the eye. A surgical method using the device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Inventor: Stanley S. Schocket