Device Category Dossier

Glaucoma shunt

Device Category Dossier for Glaucoma shunt. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Glaucoma shunts are implantable devices intended to divert aqueous humour and regulate intraocular pressure in eyes suffering from glaucoma. These devices are used clinically to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients where medical treatments have failed or where surgical alternatives such as filtering surgery have failed or are likely to fail.