US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on June 17 for "Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and methods for making and using same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,682, issued on June 17, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and methods for making and using same" was invented by Claudio Argento (Felton, Calif.), Colin Mixter (Campbell, Calif.) and Andrew Backus (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, for example, a variable flow shunt for treatment of glaucoma in a human patient includes an elongated outflow tube having (a) a proximal inflow portion configured for placement within an anterior chamber in a region outside of an optical field of view of an eye o...