11 results about "Elevated intraocular pressure" patented technology

The present disclosure pertains to the field of animal disease models, specifically to a method for constructing an animal model of open-angle glaucoma. In this model, the pathogenesis of open-angle glaucoma is mimicked by inducing necroptosis in trabecular meshwork cells through the injection of IFN-γ into the anterior chamber. This process leads to the inhibition of trabecular meshwork activity and functional impairment, resulting in elevated intraocular pressure and subsequent optic nerve changes indicative of glaucoma. The pathophysiological alterations observed in the animal model closely resemble those seen in human open-angle glaucoma, including chamber angle opening, trabecular meshwork dysfunction, increased intraocular pressure, and loss of RGCs.

The present disclosure relates generally to the treatment of glaucoma and / or the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). In particular, the present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for preventing or treating glaucoma, including primary glaucoma, by inhibiting factors associated with ocular lymphangiogenesis.

An improved stimulus coil for use in wireless stimulation of biological tissue (e.g., nerves, muscle tissue, etc.) and, in one exemplary implementation, to glaucoma therapy based on the wireless administration of energy to the eye of a mammalian subject (e.g., human, rodent, etc.) to reduce an elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) involving the use of an improved stimulus coil. The improved stimulus coil may be implanted in the eye of a mammalian subject or positioned on the exterior of the eye, such as (by way of example) by being disposed within a contact lens worn by a mammalian subject.

Methods of treating or preventing elevated intraocular pressure in a subject are disclosed, the methods including administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of nicotinamide or a derivative or analog of nicotinamide, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.

The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing glaucoma or developing elevated IOP, methods of detecting human Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 12 (ARHGEF12) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides, and ARHGEF12 variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.

The present disclosure relates to a drug for preventing and / or treating glaucoma. Specifically, provided in the present disclosure is the use of an adenosine A2A receptor antagonist in the treatment and prevention of glaucoma. The treatment and prevention include, but are not limited to, inhibiting aqueous humor production in non-pigmented epithelial cells of the ciliary body, reducing elevated intraocular pressure caused by the obstruction of aqueous humor outflow due to fibrosis and thickening of the trabecular meshwork, improving the fluidity of aqueous humor in the eye, inhibiting pathological changes in the trabecular meshwork, and achieving a protective effect on retinal cells. Additionally, the drug of the present disclosure may also help to reduce the problem of drug tolerance in the treatment of glaucoma, can lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients and provide a protective effect on optic nerves, and provides a more effective strategy for long-term treatment.

The present disclosure relates generally to treatment of glaucoma and / or reduction of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). In particular, the present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for preventing or treating glaucoma, including primary glaucoma, by inhibiting factors associated with ocular lymphatic vessel formation.

The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having glaucoma or elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing glaucoma or developing elevated IOP, methods of detecting human Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 12 (ARHGEF12) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides, and ARHGEF12 variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.

Described here are systems and methods for accessing Schlemm's canal and for delivering an ocular device or fluid composition therein. The ocular devices may maintain the patency of Schlemm's canal without substantially interfering with transmural fluid flow across the canal. The fluid composition may be a viscoelastic fluid that is delivered into the canal to facilitate drainage of aqueous humor by disrupting the canal and surrounding trabeculocanalicular tissues. Tools for disrupting these tissues and minimally invasive methods for treating medical conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, including glaucoma, are also described.

Described here are systems and methods for accessing Schlemm's canal and for delivering an ocular device or fluid composition therein. The ocular devices may maintain the patency of Schlemm's canal without substantially interfering with transmural fluid flow across the canal. The fluid composition may be a viscoelastic fluid that is delivered into the canal to facilitate drainage of aqueous humor by disrupting the canal and surrounding trabeculocanalicular tissues. Tools for disrupting these tissues and minimally invasive methods for treating medical conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, including glaucoma, are also described.

An ocular drainage system is provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the system includes an implantable device and an external control unit, the implantable device includes a non-invasively adjustable valve featuring at least one deformable tube and a disk rotatably mounted within a housing, such that rotation of the disk using the external control unit causes the disk to apply a selected amount of compression to the deformable tube, thereby adjusting the fluidic resistance of the deformable tube and regulating the intraocular pressure.