Cannula assembly
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11864792B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US17227957

    申请日:2021-04-12

    申请人: Covidien LP

    IPC分类号: A61B17/34

    摘要: A surgical cannula assembly includes an elongate cannula member having a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending along the longitudinal axis with adjacent longitudinal ribs defining a longitudinal channel therebetween, a fluid port mounted adjacent the proximal end of the cannula member and configured for coupling to a source of inflation fluids, a conduit positioned within at least one longitudinal channel of the cannula member and in fluid communication with the fluid port, and an expandable balloon mounted adjacent the distal end of the cannula member and in fluid communication with the conduit. The expandable balloon is configured to transition from an initial unexpanded condition to an at least partially expanded condition upon passage and entry of inflation fluids from the fluid port, through the conduit and within an internal volume of the expandable balloon.

    AB EXTERNO INTRAOCULAR SHUNT PLACEMENT
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230346598A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18170774

    申请日:2023-02-17

    申请人: AqueSys, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61F9/007 A61F9/00 A61B17/34

    摘要: An intraocular shunt can be placed into the eye in an ab externo approach. A clinician may determine an entry area below a corneal limbus of an eye and a target outflow region. Thereafter, the clinician can insert a hollow shaft into the eye at the entry area toward an anterior chamber of the eye, the shaft carrying an intraocular shunt therein. The clinician can position an inflow end of the shunt within the anterior chamber of the eye and, while maintaining the shunt inflow end in the anterior chamber, can remove the shaft from the eye to release the shunt. Finally, the clinician can repositioning an outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region and verify placement of the outflow end of the shunt within the target outflow region.