DR. ERNST JOCHEN MEYER, MD
Medical Practice at School St, Belmont, MA

4030480, Jun 21, 1977

May 13, 1976

5/686056

Ernst Jochen Meyer - Belmont MA

A61B 1738, A61N 142, A61F 900

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This ocular decompression process is a surgical procedure and a physical therapy for the alleviation of glaucoma. The invention contemplates a surgical operation on the eye, at which a metallic implant is introduced through the sclera into or adjacent to the anterior chamber of the eye. The extra-cameral portion of the implant, fashioned into a loop, is buried under fibrous and epithelial tissue. After the surgical incisions have healed, the coil of a tuned radio-frequency circuit is brought into the field of the implant by being positioned exterior to the eye. The implanted wire acts as the secondary of a radio-frequency transformer and generates heat sufficient to create a tract from the anterior chamber to the subconjunctival tissue. This tract serves as a drain through which the aqueous humor flows from the inside of the eye to its surface, thereby reducing the pathologically elevated intraocular pressure. The application of radio-frequency energy to the implant may be repeated as necessary to maintain satisfactory tension.