Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for treating excess intraocular fluid
- Patent Title (中): 用于治疗多余眼内液的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13349353Application Date: 2012-01-12
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Publication No.: US09101445B2Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Stéphane Bigler , Nikolaos Stergiopulos
- Applicant: Stéphane Bigler , Nikolaos Stergiopulos
- Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
- Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
- Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Agent Christopher C. Bolten; Nicola A. Pisano
- Main IPC: A61M5/00
- IPC: A61M5/00 ; A61F9/007 ; A61F9/00 ; A61M27/00 ; A61M1/10 ; F04B43/04

Abstract:
An ocular drainage system is provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the system includes an implantable device and an external control unit. The implantable device includes a non-invasively adjustable valve featuring at least one deformable tube and a disk rotatably mounted within a housing, such that rotation of the disk using the external control unit causes the disk to apply a selected amount of compression to the deformable tube, thereby adjusting the fluidic resistance of the deformable tube and regulating the intraocular pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120184892A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING EXCESS INTRAOCULAR FLUID Public/Granted day:2012-07-19
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