AB EXTERNO LOCATION OF INTRAOCULAR SHUNT Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A61F9/07 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: docking injector device is intended to maintain injector position relative to eye at placement of intraocular shunt in eye and comprises main part containing elongated in contact with eye component having pair of teeth with at least one eye contacting portionth, wherein proximal ends pairs of teeth separated by a gap; and a needle support member connected to the proximal ends of the pair of teeth, wherein the needle support member needle canal, passing to gap between said teeth, wherein the needle canal defines a needle axis directed towards the part in contact with the eye. In the second version, the device comprises an annular eye-contacting component having a gap. Third version of device comprises arc-shaped main part comprising first and second eye-contacting components connected together by jumper, wherein the first eye-contacting component has a semi-circular shape and is spaced from the second eye-contacting component; and a needle support member connected to the arc-shaped main portion, wherein the needle support member has a needle canal, wherein the needle canal defines a needle axis extending through the second eye-contacting component towards the first eye-contacting component.

EFFECT: use of this group of inventions enables accurate alignment of the guided support for placing the injector when introducing the shunt into the eye.

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