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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Orange County Glaucoma, Pc, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard A. Hill, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Orange County Glaucoma, PC, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61F 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/00781 (2013.01); A61F 9/0017 (2013.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61F 9/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
Drainage of body fluid from an area of undesirably high pressure can be accomplished by interconnecting an artificial non-blood fluid conduit with the vascular system. For example, an artificial non-blood fluid conduit can be inserted into the eye to fluidly interconnect the anterior chamber with a location of lower pressure. The conduit can have a growth factor for stimulating growth of new blood vessels in the location of lower pressure to connect the new blood vessels with the non-blood fluid conduit.