Patents by Inventor MARK B. SHERWOOD

MARK B. SHERWOOD 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).

  • Publication number: 20240023808
    Abstract: Described herein are eye implants that can include a pressure-responsive material that can be capable of changing color in response to pressure exerted on it. Also described here are methods of implanting and using the eye implants described herein to monitor intraocular pressure in a subject. The pressure-responsive material can be used to diagnose and monitor human or animal subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Mark B. Sherwood, Peng Jiang, Aaron David Webel
  • Patent number: 11819277
    Abstract: Described herein are eye implants that can include a pressure-responsive material that can be capable of changing color in response to pressure exerted on it. Also described here are methods of implanting and using the eye implants described herein to monitor intraocular pressure in a subject. The pressure-responsive material can be used to diagnose and monitor human or animal subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Sherwood, Peng Jiang, Aaron David Webel
  • Publication number: 20210186326
    Abstract: Described herein are eye implants that can include a pressure-responsive material that can be capable of changing color in response to pressure exerted on it. Also described here are methods of implanting and using the eye implants described herein to monitor intraocular pressure in a subject. The pressure-responsive material can be used to diagnose and monitor human or animal subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Mark B. Sherwood, Peng Jiang, Aaron David Webel
  • Publication number: 20210106462
    Abstract: Provided herein is a glaucoma drainage implant assembly. The assembly may include a drainage implant tube defining a lumen there through defining a fluid channel between an anterior chamber of an eye and a region outside of the sclera of the eye; a closure disposed at a position outside the anterior chamber of the eye, the closure configured to preclude fluid flow from the anterior chamber of the eye to the region outside of the sclera of the eye; and a shunt received within the drainage implant tube, between the end of the drainage implant tube in the anterior chamber of the eye and the closure, where the shunt is configured to permit fluid flow from the anterior chamber of the eye, through the drainage implant tube, and out of the drainage implant tube external to the sclera of the eye through the shunt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mark B. SHERWOOD, Craig Allen MEYERS
  • Publication number: 20200397873
    Abstract: Described herein are formulations that can include one or more enzymes that can break down one or more components of scar tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating scar tissue by administering a formulation provided herein to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Mark B. Sherwood, Daniel J. Gibson, Gregory Scott Schultz
  • Publication number: 20200229978
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide techniques for managing and resolving failed glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs). In example embodiments, these techniques require only a simple office or minor-operating room procedure. For example, a GDD may fail due to a fibrous capsule forming about the plate portion of the GDD and preventing aqueous flowing through the tube of the GDD from the anterior region from leaving the encapsulated bleb area. The failed GDD may be made to function effectively again, in an example embodiment, by placing and/or implanting a stent implant into the wall of the fibrous capsule to allow aqueous to flow through the stent into the subconjunctival space. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for treating a failed GDD is provided. In an example embodiment, the method comprises placing a stent implant in the wall of the capsule surrounding a posteriorly placed episcleral plate of the GDD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Mark B. SHERWOOD, Craig A. MEYERS
  • Publication number: 20190117746
    Abstract: Described herein are formulations that can include one or more enzymes that can break down one or more components of scar tissue. Also provided herein are methods of treating scar tissue by administering a formulation provided herein to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: MARK B. SHERWOOD, DANIEL J. GIBSON, GREGORY SCOTT SCHULTZ