ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,376, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LIQID MEDICAL Pty. Ltd. (Cape Town, South Africa).
"Shunt and method for treating glaucoma" was invented by Daemon Bruce Mcclunan (Cape Town, South Africa) and Joshua David Fischer (Cloetesville, South Africa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shunt for treating glaucoma comprises a silicone rubber duct for diverting aqueous humor from a chamber of a patient's eye and a fixation body frictionally located on the duct in an arrangement permitting sliding displacement of the fixation body, for fixing and sealing the duct within scleral tissue surrounding the eye. The duct has a rigid proximal portio...