US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on Oct. 6 for "Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,862, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and associated systems and methods" was invented by Claudio Argento (Felton, Calif.), Katherine Sapozhnikov (Campbell, Calif.), Richard Lilly (San Jose, Calif.), Christopher J. Engelman (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Jean Orth (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to adjustable flow glaucoma shunts, systems, and methods for making and using such devices. In many of the embodiments described herein, the shunts include a drainage element configured to fluidly couple an anterior chamb...