US Patent Issued to Glaukos on March 17 for "Glaucoma stent and methods thereof for glaucoma treatment" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,972, issued on March 17, was assigned to Glaukos Corp. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Glaucoma stent and methods thereof for glaucoma treatment" was invented by Douglas Daniel Crimaldi (San Marcos, Calif.) and Charles Raymond Kalina Jr. (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to medical devices and methods for reducing the intraocular pressure in an animal eye and, more particularly, to stent type devices for permitting aqueous outflow from the eye's anterior chamber and associated methods thereof for the treatment of glaucoma. Some aspects provide a self-trephining glaucoma stent and methods thereof ...