UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION; INCORPORATED
发明人:
Mark B. SHERWOOD,Craig A. MEYERS
申请号：
US16634360
公开号：
US20200229978A1
申请日:
2018.08.09
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Example embodiments provide techniques for managing and resolving failed glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs). In example embodiments, these techniques require only a simple office or minor-operating room procedure. For example, a GDD may fail due to a fibrous capsule forming about the plate portion of the GDD and preventing aqueous flowing through the tube of the GDD from the anterior region from leaving the encapsulated bleb area. The failed GDD may be made to function effectively again, in an example embodiment, by placing and/or implanting a stent implant into the wall of the fibrous capsule to allow aqueous to flow through the stent into the subconjunctival space. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for treating a failed GDD is provided. In an example embodiment, the method comprises placing a stent implant in the wall of the capsule surrounding a posteriorly placed episcleral plate of the GDD.
