ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,656, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Iantrek Inc. (Harrison, N.Y.).

"System for shaping and implanting biologic intraocular stent for increased aqueous outflow and lowering of intraocular pressure" was invented by Tsontcho Ianchulev (Harrison, N.Y.), Luke Clauson (Harrison, N.Y.), Daniel Nelsen (Harrison, N.Y.), David Robson (Harrison, N.Y.), David Baker (Harrison, N.Y.) and Sean Buxton (Harrison, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for deploying an implant cut from a biological tissue into an eye of a patient including a delivery device and a nose cone assembly, a tubular shaft projecting from the distal end region of th...