Patents by Inventor Guenther Grabner
Guenther Grabner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20140236066Abstract: Methods and devices for adjusting or configuring the flow rate of an intraocular shunt are provided whereby hypotony can be avoided by increasing the flow rate through the device. In some embodiments, the device is a shunt that can have a first flow that can be modified to a second flow by modifying the shunt, such as by cutting the shunt. Additionally, one or more dissolvable portions can be present to provide an initial flow restriction and subsequent increase in flow over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher HORVATH, Laszlo O. ROMODA, Brian HAMSTROM, Ronald D. BACHE, Guenther GRABNER, Herbert A. REITSAMER
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Patent number: 8801766Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled inside the housing to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt, and the device includes an insertion configuration and a deployment configuration and the insertion configuration involves the shaft being fully disposed within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Herbert A. Reitsamer, Guenther Grabner, Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda
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Patent number: 8758290Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices and methods for implanting a shunt in the suprachoroidal space of an eye. In certain aspects, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a flexible hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft holds an intraocular shunt, and is configured to self-guide the shunt along a scleral spur of an eye as the shunt is deployed from the shaft. Such a device may be inserted into an eye and used to deploy a shunt within the eye such that a proximal portion of the shunt receives fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye and a distal portion of the shunt directs the fluid to the suprachoroidal space.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Ronald D. Bache, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, John R. Samples
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Patent number: 8585629Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, systems of the invention include a locking mechanism, and a device configured to hold and deploy an intraocular shunt, in which a distal portion of the device is movable within a proximal portion of the device and the distal portion of the device is configured to mate with the locking mechanism to prevent movement of the distal portion when the locking mechanism is engaged.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda
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Publication number: 20130253406Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into an eye a deployment device configured to hold an intraocular shunt, determining that a distal portion of the device is properly positioned within the eye without use of an optical apparatus that contacts the eye, and deploying the shunt from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher HORVATH, Laszlo O. ROMODA, Guenther GRABNER, Herbert A. REITSAMER
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Patent number: 8308701Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into an eye a deployment device configured to hold an intraocular shunt, determining that a distal portion of the device is properly positioned within the eye without use of an optical apparatus that contacts the eye, and deploying the shunt from the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer
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Publication number: 20120165721Abstract: The present invention generally relates to systems for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, systems of the invention include a locking mechanism, and a device configured to hold and deploy an intraocular shunt, in which a distal portion of the device is movable within a proximal portion of the device and the distal portion of the device is configured to mate with the locking mechanism to prevent movement of the distal portion when the locking mechanism is engaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: AQUESYS, INC.Inventors: Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda
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Publication number: 20120165723Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods for implanting a soft gel shunt in the suprachoroidal space. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into the eye a hollow shaft configured to hold a soft gel intraocular shunt, deploying the soft gel shunt from the hollow shaft such that the shunt forms a passage from the anterior chamber of the eye to the suprachoroidal space of the eye, and withdrawing the hollow shaft from the eye.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Ronald D. Bache, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, John R. Samples
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Publication number: 20120165722Abstract: The invention generally relates to devices and methods for implanting a shunt in the suprachoroidal space of an eye. In certain aspects, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a flexible hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft holds an intraocular shunt, and is configured to self-guide the shunt along a scleral spur of an eye as the shunt is deployed from the shaft. Such a device may be inserted into an eye and used to deploy a shunt within the eye such that a proximal portion of the shunt receives fluid from an anterior chamber of an eye and a distal portion of the shunt directs the fluid to the suprachoroidal space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Ronald D. Bache, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, John R. Samples
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Publication number: 20120123434Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing including an angled distal end, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: AQUESYS, INC.Inventors: Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer, Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda
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Publication number: 20120123433Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve inserting into an eye a deployment device configured to hold an intraocular shunt, determining that a distal portion of the device is properly positioned within the eye without use of an optical apparatus that contacts the eye, and deploying the shunt from the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer
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Publication number: 20120123430Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing including a proximal portion and a distal portion, in which the distal portion is movable within the proximal portion, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: AQUESYS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer
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Publication number: 20120123435Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, in which a distal end of the housing includes a protrusion, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: AqueSys, Inc.Inventors: Laszlo O. Romoda, Christopher Horvath, Guenther Grabner, Herbert A. Reitsamer
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Publication number: 20120123436Abstract: The present invention generally relates to devices for deploying intraocular shunts without the use of an optical apparatus that contacts an eye, such as a goniolens. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a housing, a deployment mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing, and a hollow shaft coupled inside the housing to the deployment mechanism, in which the shaft is configured to hold an intraocular shunt, and the device includes an insertion configuration and a deployment configuration and the insertion configuration involves the shaft being fully disposed within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: AQUESYS, INC.Inventors: Herbert A. Reitsamer, Guenther Grabner, Christopher Horvath, Laszlo O. Romoda