Alcon Ocular Implant Delivery System with Dual-Curved-Cannula and Camera
Summary
Alcon Inc. filed patent application US20260108386A1 on September 5, 2025, covering ocular implants, delivery systems, and methods of deploying an ocular implant. The published application describes implants comprising supporting frames and spines, with a distal supporting frame configured as an open trough, tool engagement ears curled inward, and a delivery system including a cannula with proximal and distal curved bends in opposite directions, plus a coupled camera. Application No. 19320393 was published April 23, 2026.
“The proximal curved bend can be bent in a different direction than the distal curved bend.”
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USPTO published patent application US20260108386A1 for Alcon Inc.'s ocular implant and delivery system, covering supporting frames, spines, a distal open trough, tool engagement ears, and a delivery cannula with proximal and distal curved bends in opposite directions plus an integrated camera. The application was filed September 5, 2025, and published April 23, 2026. This publication gives public notice of Alcon's claimed invention in the ocular implant delivery space. Manufacturers developing competing ophthalmic implant systems should review the disclosed design to assess potential freedom-to-operate implications, as the claimed dual-curved-cannula and camera-coupling features may represent blocking IP once the application matures to grant.
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OCULAR IMPLANT, OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF DEPLOYING AN OCULAR IMPLANT
Application US20260108386A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Assignee
Alcon Inc.
Inventors
David S. KIMBALL, Jestwin E. LEE, IV
Abstract
Disclosed are ocular implants, ocular implant delivery systems, and methods of deploying an ocular implant. For example, the ocular implant can comprise a plurality of supporting frames and spines connecting the supporting frames. The ocular implant can comprise a distal supporting frame configured as an open trough having a trough nadir at a distal end. The trough nadir can be positioned radially outward of the spines. The ocular implant can also comprise a proximal portion comprising a pair of tool engagement ears curled laterally inward toward one another. A delivery system used to deploy the ocular implant can comprise a cannula comprising a distal portion having a proximal curved bend and a distal curved bend. The proximal curved bend can be bent in a different direction than the distal curved bend. The delivery system can also comprise a camera coupled to the cannula.
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A61F 9/0017 A61F 9/00781
Filing Date
2025-09-05
Application No.
19320393
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