ADJUSTABLE SHUNTING SYSTEMS WITH ENERGY REDIRECTING ELEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240358549A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18681858

    申请日:2021-08-20

    发明人: Tom Saul

    IPC分类号: A61F9/007

    摘要: The present technology is generally directed to adjustable shunting systems for draining fluid from a first body region to a second body region. The adjustable shunting systems include an actuation assembly having one or more actuators for controlling the flow of fluid through the system. Each of the actuators can be actuated via energy. The adjustable shunting systems can further one or more energy redirecting elements. Each of the energy redirecting elements can redirect or transmit the received energy to a corresponding actuator. Accordingly, each of the actuators can be independently actuated by applying energy to the corresponding redirecting element.

    ADJUSTABLE GLAUCOMA TREATMENT DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230285192A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18161526

    申请日:2023-01-30

    IPC分类号: A61F9/007

    摘要: The present technology is directed to implantable medical devices for draining fluid from a first body region to a second body region. Some embodiments of the present technology provide adjustable devices that are selectively titratable to provide various levels of therapy. For example, the adjustable devices can have a drainage element with a lumen extending therethrough, a flow control element, and an actuation assembly. The actuation assembly can drive movement of the flow control element to change a dimension of and/or a flow resistance through the lumen, thereby increasing or decreasing the relative drainage rate of aqueous from an eye. In some embodiments, the actuation assembly and the flow control element together operate as a ratchet mechanism that can selectively move the flow control element between a plurality of positions and lock the device in a desired configuration until further actuation of the actuation assembly.