MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517016956 A) filed by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, U.S.A., on Feb. 26, for 'biological fluid drainage devices and methods.'
Inventor(s) include Mcalister, Jesse R.; and Towler, Jeffrey C.
The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A drainage device for draining a biological fluid from an eye to a tissue external to the eye is disclosed. The drainage device is implantable at least in part within a tissue of the eye. The drainage device includes: an open collapsible body portion having a first surface with a first porosity and a second surface with a second porosity that is greater than the first porosity, the second surface opposing the first surface; and a conduit having a first end fluidly coupled with the first surface and a second end insertable into the eye to facilitate a drainage of the biological fluid into the conduit. The second surface with the second porosity includes at least one ingrowth surface region for facilitating ingrowth of tissue external to the eye."
The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 24, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/031030.
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