Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetoelastic implantable actuation device and method
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Application No.: US15739625Application Date: 2016-06-24
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Publication No.: US11083624B2Publication Date: 2021-08-10
- Inventor: Joshua D. Stein , Yogesh Gianchandani , Venkatram Pepakayala
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Reising Ethington P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/039398 WO 20160624
- International Announcement: WO2016/210351 WO 20161229
- Main IPC: A61F9/007
- IPC: A61F9/007 ; A61M27/00

Abstract:
An implantable actuation device that may be used with a glaucoma drainage device or attached to an ocular surface, a method of making an implantable actuation device, and a method of preventing cell adhesion resulting from a glaucoma treatment procedure. The implantable actuation device is made from a magnetoelastic material. Actuation of the magnetoelastic material may help control cellular adhesion that may develop and undesirably disrupt proper healing when recovering from invasive surgical treatments. The implantable actuation devices may have small form factors and customized geometries which include three-dimensional curvatures to help promote the actuation of liquid flow and facilitate the removal of unwanted cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180177638A1 MAGNETOELASTIC IMPLANTABLE ACTUATION DEVICE AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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