Rollable and implantable intraocular pressure sensor for the continuous adaptive management of glaucoma

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013:2013:3198-201. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610221.

Abstract

We designed and tested a new rollable and implantable medical device to directly and continuously measure intraocular pressure. Since high intraocular pressure is a leading risk factor for glaucoma, such a system could solve the difficulties encountered in the management of this condition. In fact, glaucoma is one among those pathologies that could most benefit of an adaptive patient-specific medicine device. The presented prototype was realized with standard industrial microelectronic technologies (Flip-Chip on Kapton flexible PCB) and off-the-shelf IC components. Detailed system description and measurements, obtained during in-vitro and laboratory characterizations, are reported.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Ocular
  • Circadian Rhythm / physiology
  • Eye, Artificial*
  • Glaucoma / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Intraocular Pressure / physiology*
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Prostheses and Implants
  • Tonometry, Ocular / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Polymers