and method trabecular shunt stent is mounted

摘要

(57) trabecular shunt for transporting to the outflow tract of the existing aqueous humor to the trabecular meshwork ailing for forming a bypass from [summary] anterior chamber, stent is attached (65) is, the inflow section and a and (62) outlet (64), part outflow includes (68) a stent elements suitable to stabilizing the outlet in the outlet channel of the existing and is extensible. The stent element is a formed from a shape memory nitinol, shape memory nitinol, a shape change temperature and pre-shaped, shape memory nitinol, an external heat source or RF energy shape memory nitinol to greater than the temperature change in shape it is pre-shape by expanding when heated.