DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF RETINAL DETACHMENT AND OTHER MALADIES OF THE EYE

摘要

The present invention includes a device and method for treatment of retinal detachment, ocular hypertension and glaucoma, and increasing an amplitude of accommodation. The device includes a tapered, mesh tube that within a sclera, expands to deform the sclera, and when placed within the posterior sclera for the treatment of a retinal tear, the device expands deforming the sclera so that the retinal pigment epithelium comes in contact with the retinal tear to seal the tear. For the treatment of ocular hypertension, glaucoma and to increase the amplitude of accommodation, the device is placed within the anterior sclera over the posterior plicata of the ciliary body, which upon expansion causes the underlying ciliary body to deform, resulting in traction on the trabecular meshwork and deformation of the ciliary body, which causes lowering of intraocular pressure, and increases the amplitude of accommodation in patients with ocular hypertension or decreased accommodation.

主权项

1. A method for a device for effecting deformation of a sclera of an eye, comprising:
inserting an expandable, mesh tube having holes dispersed through an entire surface thereof and with first and second tapered ends into a sclera of an eye in an unexpanded state; deforming the sclera with the mesh tube in an expanded state, wherein a central portion of the mesh tube is intrascleral and the first and second tapered ends are each external to the sclera on top of an intact scleral surface in order to deform the sclera due to the expansion by the mesh tube from the unexpanded state to the expanded state; and causing the sclera to be deformed with the mesh tube in the expanded state so that the sclera moves towards the inside of the eye while simultaneously causing the sclera to move towards the outside of the eye; wherein the mesh tube includes struts, connecting points of the struts are of different sizes, and the first and second tapered ends and the connecting points within the tapered ends are thicker than the connecting points of the mesh tube.