US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on Nov. 18 for "Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and associated systems and methods" (California, Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,097, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Adjustable flow glaucoma shunts and associated systems and methods" was invented by Robert Chang (Belmont, Calif.), Katherine Sapozhnikov (Campbell, Calif.), Claudio Argento (Felton, Calif.), Tom Saul (Portland, Ore.) and Richard Lilly (San Jose, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to adjustable shunts for treating glaucoma. In particular, some embodiments provide shunts having a plurality of individually actuatable flow control elements that can control the flow of fluid through associated ports and/or flow lumens. ...