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Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Shifamed Holdings, Llc, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Chang, Belmont, CA (US);

Claudio Argento, Felton, CA (US);

Katherine Sapozhnikov, Campbell, CA (US);

Tom Saul, Moss Beach, CA (US);

Richard Lilly, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Shifamed Holdings, LLC, Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0013 (2013.01); B21D 53/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

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. For example, each individually actuatable flow control element can be actuated to modify a flow of a corresponding port and/or flow lumen. The individually actuatable flow control elements may be actuated along a given actuation axis. A flow control assembly may include a plurality of flow control elements arranged about a collection region. Accordingly, the shunts described herein can be manipulated into a variety of configurations that provide different drainage rates based on a degree to which the ports and/or flow lumens are blocked or unblocked, therefore providing a titratable glaucoma therapy for draining aqueous from the anterior chamber of the eye.


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