PRICE, DANIEL W.,OBERKIRCHER, BRENDAN J.,SOKHANVAR, SAEED,YASEVAC, DANIEL J.,BRUEHWILER, MICHEL,SOFFER, LEAH R.,JOHNSON, GREGORY W.,DANNAHER, WILLIAM D.,TROLLER, STEFAN,SCHNELL, URBAN G.,ROULET, JEAN-
申请号：
CA2960962
公开号：
CA2960962A1
申请日:
2015.09.10
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus (10) for delivering therapeutic agent to an eye comprises a body (40), a cannula (20), a hollow needle (30), an actuation assembly (60), and a detection/visualization system. The cannula extends distally from the body and is sized and configured to be insertable between a choroid and a sclera of a patient's eye. The actuation assembly is operable to actuate the needle relative to the cannula to thereby drive a distal portion of the needle along an exit axis. The cannula may be inserted through a sclerotomy incision and advanced through the choroid to deliver the therapeutic agent adjacent to the potential space between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium layer. The detection/visualization system is operable to detect or visualize penetration of the choroid of a patient's eye and provide feedback to the operator and/or automatic control of the apparatus based on penetration of the choroid.
