ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,375, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NEW WORLD MEDICAL INC. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).
"Intraocular drainage device" was invented by Abdul Mateen Ahmed (Claremont, Calif.), Eric Porteous (Corona, Calif.), Suhail Abdullah (Fontana, Calif.), Khalid Mansour (Corona, Calif.), Joey Tran (Ontario, Calif.) and Patrick Chen (Hacienda Heights, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraocular drainage device may include a monolithic silicone body having a flap, a rigid bottom plate having a portion configured to contact a corresponding portion of the flap, and a tube having a proximal end disposed between the flap and the rigid bottom ...