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STARfloTM: A Suprachoroidal Drainage Implant Made from STAR® Biomaterial

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STARfloTM is a new glaucoma drainage device (GDD) comprised entirely of Healionics’ proprietary STAR® Biomaterial, a precision-pore structured silicone. The STARfloTM relies on extensive research and studies conducted for several years on the STAR® Biomaterial as implantable material and on STARflo predecessors in the ophthalmic field – the CELLplant and the ClarifEYE. The device’s bleb-free drainage mechanism, soft-sponge design, and fibrosis-resistant pore geometry give it several advantages over competing GDDs. The safety and the performances of the STARflo device were demonstrated on animals while early results on human shows encouraging results in the control of the IOP with a reduction of glaucoma medications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors express warm thanks to M. Maginness (PhD, Healionics Corporation), Dr. R.E. Norquist (PhD, Wound Healing Of Oklahoma, Inc.), and Dr. C. Woods (DVM, BioVeteria Life Sciences, LLC) for their contribution and inputs in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, UCL, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels, 1100, Belgium

    Sayeh Pourjavan MD, PhD

  2. Division of Neuro-Ophthtalmology and Glaucoma, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Liège, Domaine du Sart Tilman B35 avenue de l’hôpital 1, avenue de l’hôpital 1, Liège, 4000, Belgium

    Nathalie J. M. Collignon MD, PhD

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium

    Veva De Groot MD, PhD

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Louisville, 6400 Dutchmans Pkwy, Louisville, KY, 40205, USA

    Rich A. Eiferman MD, FACS

  5. Healionics Corporation, 2121 N 35th St, Seattle, WA, 98103, USA

    Andrew J. Marshall PhD

  6. iSTAR Medical SA, Rue Phocas Lejeune 25/3, Isnes, 5032, Belgium

    Cecile J. Roy PhD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, USA

    John R. Samples MD

  2. Western Glaucoma Foundation, Portland, OR, USA

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Pourjavan, S., Collignon, N.J.M., De Groot, V., Eiferman, R.A., Marshall, A.J., Roy, C.J. (2014). STARfloTM: A Suprachoroidal Drainage Implant Made from STAR® Biomaterial. In: Samples, J.R., Ahmed, I.I.K. (eds) Surgical Innovations in Glaucoma. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8348-9_22

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