US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Feb. 3 for "Biological fluid shunt devices and methods" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,235, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Biological fluid shunt devices and methods" was invented by Jeffrey A. Klein (Newark, Del.), Jesse R. McAlister (Newark, Del.), Kevin M. Savory (Newark, Del.), Timothy M. Schrader (Newark, Del.) and Jeffrey C. Towler (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glaucoma shunt device is provided for draining a biological fluid from an eye. The glaucoma shunt device includes a primary tube, a secondary tube, and a shunt body. The primary tube has a primary proximal end, a primary distal end, and a primary conduit extending therebetween. The second...