(19)
(11) EP 1 246 656 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.01.2002

(43) Date of publication:
09.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/41

(21) Application number: 01942286.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61M 5/00, A61M 35/00, A61M 31/00, A61F 2/14
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0100/350
(87) International publication number:
WO 0105/0943 (19.07.2001 Gazette 2001/29)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.01.2000 US 175658 P

(71) Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company
Franklin Lakes,New Jersey 07417-1880 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • COTE, Dana
    Saugus, MA 01906 (US)
  • MULHERN, Margaret
    Groton, MA 01450 (US)
  • PIERCE, Robert
    Wrentham, MA 02093 (US)
  • STOY, Vladimir
    Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
  • WANDEL, Thaddeus
    Croton, NY 10520 (US)

(74) Representative: Ruffles, Graham Keith 
MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE