US Patent Issued to Iantrek on May 27 for "Methods and devices for increasing aqueous drainage of the eye" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,892, issued on May 27, was assigned to Iantrek Inc. (Harrison, N.Y.).

"Methods and devices for increasing aqueous drainage of the eye" was invented by Tsontcho Ianchulev (Harrison, N.Y.) and David Robson (Harrison, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for disrupting tissue in an eye including a distal portion sized and configured for ab interno insertion into an anterior chamber of the eye having an elongate, flexible shaft of super-elastic memory-shape material. A distal end region is shaped into a curve having a radially inner surface connected to a radially outer surface by two lateral sides. The device has a tissue disrup...