IMPLANT FOR TREATING GLAUCOMA

摘要

The invention relates to a tube designed as an implant to be inserted into the Schlemm's canal of an eye, the Schlemm's canal being exposed at least at one point and mechanically stretched, for example in the circumferential direction. The elongate tube, which can be inserted into the stretched Schlemm's canal (15), has a plurality of first openings (38), which are arranged at a distance from each other in the axial direction and which are connected to the trabecular tissue (18), the interior (30) of the tube, and the aqueous veins (20) of the episcleral venous system and which are spaced by spaced by ring parts (29), and a segment part (27), which is oriented in the axial direction and which is circular-arc-shaped according to the profile cross-section of the tube and which has a plurality of openings (28) arranged at a distance from each other. In order to achieve the natural trans-trabecular aqueous humor drainage, the tube (25.4) is inserted into the Schlemm's canal (15) in such a way that either the second openings (28) of the segment part (27) are connected to the openings (20") of the individual aqueous veins (20) or the segment part (27) and the second openings (28) are associated with the trabecular tissue (18).