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MORE THAN AN IMPLANT, A PROVEN SOLUTION

THE WORLD'S ONLY GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICE FEATURING A BUILT-IN VALVE1,2

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NON-OBSTRUCTIVE VALVE SYSTEM
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IMMEDIATE IOP REDUCTION
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SINGLE-QUADRANT IMPLANTATION
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PROVEN SAFETY PROFILE FOR OVER 30 YEARS
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FEATURES & BENEFITS

NON-OBSTRUCTIVE VALVE SYSTEM1,2

  • Non-obstructive valve system prevents excessive drainage and chamber collapse
  • Due to its unique valved design, the Ahmed® Glaucoma Valve (AGV) requires fewer follow-up visits
  • Eliminates dependence on drainage tube ligation, ripcord sutures, fenestrations, and occluding stents
IMMEDIATE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) REDUCTION1,2

  • Provides immediate Intraocular Pressure (IOP) reduction for all types of refractory glaucoma
A TRUE SINGLE QUADRANT DEVICE1,2

  • Eliminates the need to isolate rectus muscles
  • Based on average anatomical sizes, AGV models can be defined as true single quadrant devices
PROVEN SAFETY PROFILE FOR OVER 30 YEARS8

  • AGV offers the lowest complication rates compared to other glaucoma drainage devices9-13

NON-OBSTRUCTIVE VALVE SYSTEM1,2

Eliminates dependence on drainage tube ligation, ripcord sutures, fenestrations, and occluding stents

IMMEDIATE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) REDUCTION1,2

Provides immediate Intraocular Pressure (IOP) reduction for all types of refractory glaucoma

A TRUE SINGLE QUADRANT DEVICE1,2

Eliminates the need to isolate rectus muscles

PROVEN SAFETY PROFILE FOR OVER 30 YEARS8

AGV offers the lowest complication rates complared to other glaucoma drainage devices9-13

Ahmed® Versus Baerveldt® (AVB)9 / Ahmed® Baerveldt® Comparison (ABC) 10,11 / Two-Year Clinical Outcomes of the PAUL® Glaucoma Implant12

The definitions of hypotony and tube erosion, as well as their associated percentages, vary across different studies.
AVB STUDY - Hypotony and Tube erosion % = rates for all subjects post-implantation up to 5 years. Hypotony = “hypotony requiring surgery”; Tube erosion = “tube erosion”
ABC STUDY - Hypotony and tube erosion % = type of failures/total failures for all subjects post implantation up to 5 years. Hypotony = “persistent hypotony” (IOP ≤ 5 mmHg); Tube erosion = “tube erosion”
PAUL GLAUCOMA DEVICE 2-YEAR OUTCOMES - Hypotony and Tube erosion % = rates for all subjects post-implantation up to 2 years. Hypotony = “persistent hypotony leading to choroidal detachment“ (n=4) and “hypotony with choroidal detachment” (n=1) and “hypotony with injection of viscoelastic” (n=1); Tube erosion = “tube exposure with conjunctival revision with the second patch graft”

Five-Year Serious Complication Rates in the ABC Study10,11

Complication Rates in the Bleb Morphology of GDDs on MRI Study13

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