ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,534, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Aquea Health Inc. (Hillsborough, Calif.).
"Eye stents and delivery systems" was invented by Anand Doraiswamy (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the invention advantageously leverage the expansion, dilation or by-pass of the Schlemm's canal using adjustable reversible self-expanding eye stents (SES) or eye tension rings (ETRs) of desired sizes to control and improve aqueous flow throughout the range of the uveolymphatic canal. As such, some embodiments include tension ring(s) or cylinders that sits either inside or outside the Schlemm's canal wall and is at least p...