ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,430, issued on May 20, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).
"Glaucoma treatment device" was invented by Eugene De Juan Jr. (San Francisco), Stephen Boyd (Murrieta, Calif.), Mark E. Deem (Mountain View, Calif.), Hanson S. Gifford III (Woodside, Calif.) and Dan Rosenman (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are adapted for implanting into the eye. An incision is formed in the cornea of the eye and a shunt is inserted through the incision into the anterior chamber of the eye. The shunt includes a fluid passageway. The shunt is passed along a pathway from the anterior chamber through the scleral...