US Patent Issued to WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT on Dec. 23 for "Ocular implant and method of making same" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,311, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT (Australia).

"Ocular implant and method of making same" was invented by Andrew White (New South Wales, Australia) and Philip Boughton (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ocular implant (10) for conveying intraocular fluid away from a site of excess intraocular fluid within a patient, the implant (10) including: a body (12) including one or more drainage channels (20) each having an outlet (24) fluidly communicable with drainage site located away from the site of excess intraocular fluid; and an elongated tubular member (30) fluidly ...