CPC A61F 9/0008 (2013.01) [A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/065 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61F 9/0026 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
(a) inserting an instrument through an anterior region of a patient's eye, the instrument including a first cannula and a second cannula slidably disposed in the first cannula, the act of inserting the instrument through the anterior region of the patient's eye comprising inserting the first cannula through the anterior region of the patient's eye;
(b) traversing a vitreous region of the patient's eye with the instrument;
(c) positioning a distal portion of the instrument at a posterior region of the patient's eye, adjacent to a retina of the patient's eye, the act of positioning the distal portion of the instrument at the posterior region of the patient's eye comprising advancing a distal portion of the second cannula to the Posterior region of the patient's eye;
(d) advancing a fluid delivery element of the instrument through the retina; and
(e) delivering a fluid to the posterior region of the patient's eye via the advanced fluid delivery element.
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