Scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders and related devices and methods

A scleral prosthesis (100) comprising:an elongated body configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye; wherein the elongated body comprises opposing first and second ends (102,104); wherein multiple portions (112A,112B) on opposite sides of the body form the first end of the body and part...

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Main Author JACK C. GRIFFIS III
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.01.2011
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Summary:A scleral prosthesis (100) comprising:an elongated body configured to be implanted into scleral tissue of an eye; wherein the elongated body comprises opposing first and second ends (102,104); wherein multiple portions (112A,112B) on opposite sides of the body form the first end of the body and part of a remainder of the body between the first and second ends, the first and second ends wider than the remainder of the body;wherein the multiple portions of the body are separated along at least half of a total length of the body by empty space such that the multiple portions meet at a point between the first and second ends of the body and are not connected to each other between that point and the first end of the body; and wherein the second end of the body is integral with the remainder of the body and not divided into multiple separated portions.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20100257388