title: A theoretical design for a contact lens tonometer.
abstract: A theoretical design for a non-invasive, continuous, applanation, contact lens tonometer is proposed based on physical forces which cause a contact lens to adhere to the eye and the principles of applanation to measure pressure within a sphere. This instrument has potentially wide applications in the continuous measurement of intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma, a blinding disease characterized by elevated intraocular pressure.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1771.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000295:instrumentation*