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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2022
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Jeffrey C. Towler, Wilmington, DE (US);
Peter J. Roeber, Oxford, PA (US);
Kevin M. Savory, West Grove, PA (US);
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
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 conduit being insertable into the eye such that the fluid at a distal end of the conduit is allowed to flow through the conduit and accumulate within the reservoir, wherein the microporous material transitions from a hydrophobic state to a hydrophilic state as the fluid that is accumulated in the reservoir diffuses to the tissue surrounding the eye through the microporous material so as to provide a variable flow resistance as the microporous material transitions from the hydrophobic state to the hydrophilic state.