US 11,751,989 B2
Staphyloma supporting device and method for modifying the axial, length and curvature of an eye
Levent Akduman, Richmond Heights, MO (US)
Assigned to LA EYE LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 17/759,249
Filed by LA EYE LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/070733
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/178539, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/200,189, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0139497 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/14 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/14 (2013.01) [A61F 9/00727 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A staphyloma supporting implant for improving vision in a patient by restoring the natural curvature and natural axial length of an eye, the staphyloma supporting implant comprising:
a plate having a concave scleral mating surface configured to restore the natural curvature of a posterior portion of the eye;
an anchor having a concave scleral mating surface configured to approximate the natural curvature of an anterior portion of the eye; and
an elongated body having a continuous and smooth concave scleral mating surface connecting the plate to the anchor;
the eye having a natural axial length and the implant having a total implant length less than the natural axial length of the eye;
the body having a body width;
the plate having a plate width;
the body width being greater than one-half the plate width;
the body width being less than the plate width;
the anchor having an anchor width;
the anchor width being greater than the plate width;
the anchor width being less than three times the plate width;
the anchor comprising:
a first anchor point central to the body,
a second anchor point medial to the body and either anterior or posterior to the first anchor point,
a third anchor point lateral to the body and either anterior or posterior to the first anchor point,
a first arm connecting the second anchor point to the body, the first arm having an arm width less than the body width, and
a second arm connecting the third anchor point to the body, the second arm having an arm width less than the body width;
the plate having a first radius of curvature (RP);
the anchor having a second radius of curvature (RA);
the first radius of curvature being less than the second radius of curvature (RP<RA);
the body having a first radius of curvature (RB1) proximate the plate;
the body having a second radius of curvature (RB2) proximate the anchor;
the first radius of curvature of the body being less than the second radius of curvature of the body (RB1<RB2); and
the body having a stepwise transition of curvature that maintains surface tangency between the first radius of curvature of the body (RB1) and the second radius of curvature of the body (RB2),
wherein the first arm and the second arm form a Y shape with respect to the body,
wherein the plate, the body, and the anchor are monolithically-formed.