US Patent Issued to Hexiris on Nov. 18 for "Medical device and ocular implant for treatment of ocular disorders" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,099, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Hexiris Inc. (Dieppe, Canada).

"Medical device and ocular implant for treatment of ocular disorders" was invented by Houfar Sekhavat (Dieppe, Canada) and Nir Shoham-Hazon (Dieppe, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for office-based/operating room bleb forming minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries. The medical device includes a proximal segment for grasping by a user, a distal segment that includes a piercing member coupled to and extending from the distal segment, wherein the piercing member is configured to contain and deliver an ocular implant into an eye tissue layer to o...