Novel micromachined valved glaucoma drainage devices.
In this work two novel valve devices are proposed for treatment of glaucoma. By opening or closing, the proposed valves can be used to reduce high pressures in the eye (hypertony), or prevent low pressures in the eye (hypotony) respectively. These devices work based on the buckling of fluid channel connected to the anterior chamber of the eye. The first proposed valve is fully mechanical while the second proposed device is magnetically driven.
Tavakolian
Kouhyar
K
Comput. & Integrative Bioeng. Res., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada. ktavakol@sfu.ca
Kaminska
Bozena
B
Jafarabadi
Teimour Maleki
TM
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D005123:Eye / Q000473:pathology; D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008280:Magnetics; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D011312:Pressure; D019736:Prostheses and Implants