Patent 8945038 was granted and assigned to Transcend Medical on February, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A surgical technique and device wherein an indwelling tube is placed in the eye of a patient having glaucoma. The tube diverts aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to the suprachoroidal space from which it is removed by blood flowing in the choroidal and uveal tissues. This decreases the intraocular pressure.