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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Satish Yalamanchili, Irvine, CA (US);
Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Dana Point, CA (US);
Jianbo Zhou, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01);
Abstract
An acoustic streaming valve arrangement induces flow in a glaucoma drainage device. The arrangement may include a selectively vibrating flow generator having a sharp edge and a driving device configured to selectively vibrate the flow generator to create a streaming fluid flow in a direction away from the sharp edge.