| abstract |
A meatal occluder for closing a lachrymal meatus of a human eye includes a substantially cylindrical body ( 10 ). It further includes at least one fin ( 13 ) adapted to take up a folded position, wherein the fin ( 13 ) is substantially folded into the cylindrical body ( 10 ), and an extended position wherein the fin ( 13 ) projects from the cylindrical body ( 10 ), the fin ( 13 ) being heat-deformable from the folded position to the extended position. |