title: Oxygen transmissibility, thickness, and water content of three types of collagen shields.
abstract: Oxygen transmissibility, thickness, and water content were measured for three types of collagen shields: six of each type designed to dissolve in 12, 24, and 72 hours. Oxygen transmissibility was measured by a polarographic method at 35 degrees C and was found to be 17.9, 17.3, and 23.8 x 10(-9) cm mL O2/s mL mm Hg, respectively. Thicknesses were measured with an electronic gauge, and the central thicknesses of the 12-hour shields were found to be significantly greater (mean thickness, 0.19 mm) than the central thicknesses of the other two types (0.15 mm each). Water content, as measured by a hand refractometer, was found to be about 63% for all three types of shields, and no statistically significant differences were found. These measurements indicate that collagen shields behave like 63% water-content hydrogel contact lenses (oxygen permeability estimated at 27 x 10(-11) cm2 mL O2/s mL mm Hg) with regard to oxygen transmission.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center 90024-1771.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D003094:Collagen; D010100:Oxygen