TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptual design considerations for a wireless intraocular pressure sensor system for effective glaucoma management
AU - Fink, Wolfgang
AU - Brown, Shaun
AU - Nuncio Zuniga, Andres
AU - Yang, Eui Hyeok
AU - George, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/11/17
Y1 - 2019/11/17
N2 - As a leading form of preventable visual impairment, it is imperative to assess glaucoma treatment as a function of intraocular pressure (IOP). IOP can spike throughout the day. This necessitates a device that can (1) monitor IOP outside of clinical visits by providing a memory when IOP exceeds a set threshold indicating the possibility for glaucomatous damage to occur; and (2) accurately assess IOP. Both requirements point ultimately towards the development of an implantable device. The Wireless Intraocular Pressure Sensor System (WIPSS) devised by our team uses optical technologies and may assist an overseeing clinician with assessing glaucoma treatment efficacy and avoiding irreversible glaucomatous visual field loss downstream.
AB - As a leading form of preventable visual impairment, it is imperative to assess glaucoma treatment as a function of intraocular pressure (IOP). IOP can spike throughout the day. This necessitates a device that can (1) monitor IOP outside of clinical visits by providing a memory when IOP exceeds a set threshold indicating the possibility for glaucomatous damage to occur; and (2) accurately assess IOP. Both requirements point ultimately towards the development of an implantable device. The Wireless Intraocular Pressure Sensor System (WIPSS) devised by our team uses optical technologies and may assist an overseeing clinician with assessing glaucoma treatment efficacy and avoiding irreversible glaucomatous visual field loss downstream.
KW - Intraocular pressure (IOP) spikes
KW - external reader systems
KW - glaucoma management
KW - implantable wireless sensor
KW - irreversible visual field loss
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U2 - 10.1080/03091902.2019.1692936
DO - 10.1080/03091902.2019.1692936
M3 - Article
C2 - 31855109
AN - SCOPUS:85076882204
SN - 0309-1902
VL - 43
SP - 457
EP - 467
JO - Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology
JF - Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology
IS - 8
ER -