US Patent Issued to W.L. Gore & Associates on Oct. 20 for "Glaucoma treatment systems and methods" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,034, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Glaucoma treatment systems and methods" was invented by Peter J. Roeber (Oxford, Pa.) and Jeffrey C. Towler (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Glaucoma treatment devices are disclosed. In various example, the glaucoma treatment devices include a body and a fluid conduit that are configured to help facilitate evacuation of fluid from a fluid-filled body cavity, and reabsorption of the evacuated aqueous humor by the body through tissue surrounding the glaucoma treatment device. In some examples, the glaucoma treatment device is configured...