Ken W Lin

US Patent:

20220183882, Jun 16, 2022

Filed:

Dec 4, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/542392

Inventors:

- Oakland CA, US
Ken Y. Lin - Irvine CA, US

International Classification:

A61F 9/007
A61F 9/008
G16H 20/40

Abstract:

Devices and method for treating aqueous collector channels or tissue(s) associated with aqueous collector channels to improve or enhance outflow of aqueous humor from an eye thereby reducing intraocular pressure in the eye.

US Patent:

20160262606, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

Feb 16, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/044833

Inventors:

- Oakland CA, US
Ken Lin - Irvine CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 3/00
A61B 3/10
A61B 3/14

Abstract:

A method for imaging episcleral vessels in an eye includes injecting the eye with a contrast agent, positioning an imaging probe proximate to a limbus of the eye, acquiring a plurality of images along a circumference of the limbus and applying a vessel segmentation algorithm to the plurality of images to quantify episcleral diameter and density in real-time. A system for imaging episcleral vessels in an eye includes a processing unit operably connected to an imaging probe and a visual feedback device. In certain embodiments, the contrast agent includes fluorescein. In certain embodiments, the episcleral diameter and density is displayed in an image on a visual feedback device. In certain embodiments, the method is part of a treatment for relieving intraocular pressure in an eye that can include the steps of identifying a target treatment area based on the image and applying a MIGS treatment in the target treatment area. A microendoscope device for imaging episcleral vessels in an eye includes a handpiece and an intraocular tip, the intraocular tip having ultrasound or confocal laser imaging features.