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1. A method for reducing intraocular pressure, the method comprising:
inserting a first support comprising a twisted ribbon member circumferentially within Schlemm's canal, wherein the first support maintains the patency of at least a portion of Schlemm's canal and does not substantially interfere with transmural flow across Schlemm's canal, and wherein the twisted ribbon member comprises a double helix having a length, a first elongated edge, a second elongated edge, and a central longitudinal axis, the first and second elongated edges of the double helix being twisted along and about the central longitudinal axis, and comprising a plurality of struts extending therebetween in a direction substantially normal to the central longitudinal axis, and wherein the plurality of struts define a plurality of fenestrations spaced along at least a portion of the length of the twisted ribbon member. |