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Researcher Receives Second Patent for Device to Provide Relief From Glaucoma
December 12, 2018
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 12 -- University of Dayton issued the following news release:

Khalid Lafdi, University of Dayton Wright Brothers Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials, was named on a second patent for a medical drainage device mainly for glaucoma patients that also could be used for drainage in the ears, brain or chest or to provide access to larger veins or arteries.

Glaucoma affects more than 3 million Americans, according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation. It occurs wh . . .

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