ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,187, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hexiris Inc. (Dieppe, Canada).
"Glaucoma shunts and related methods of use" was invented by Houfar Sekhavat (Dieppe, Canada) and Nir Shoham-Hazon (Miramichi, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Glaucoma shunts including an elongate body with an outer surface and an inner surface, the elongate body comprising an inner wall that defines a lumen spanning a length of the elongate body are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are methods of decreasing intraocular pressure in an eye, the method comprising inserting at least a portion of a glaucoma shunt into an anterior chamber of the eye, and draining...