US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Jan. 20 for "Fluid drainage devices, systems, and methods" (Delaware, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,691, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Fluid drainage devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Jeffrey C. Towler (Wilmington, Del.), Peter J. Roeber (Oxford, Pa.) and Kevin M. Savory (West Grove, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glaucoma shunt for draining a fluid from an eye to a tissue surrounding the eye, the glaucoma shunt being implantable within tissue of the eye, the glaucoma shunt includes a shunt body that is formed from a microporous material that is arranged so as to form a reservoir within the shunt body; and a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir, the ...