DocumentCode
141230
Title
A new paradigm for treatment of glaucoma
Author
Galloway, Robert L. ; Delisi, Michael ; Harth, Eva M. ; Mawn, Louise A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of BME, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
26-30 Aug. 2014
Firstpage
6147
Lastpage
6150
Abstract
Glaucoma is the leading irreversible cause of blindness in the world. We are developing a new image-guidance system to deliver a neuroprotective drug in a controlled release nanosponge. The system consists of a magnetically tracked image-guidance system, the nanosponge material and the drug. We have characterized the performance of each aspect in phantoms, animals and ex-vivo human tissue.
Keywords
diseases; drug delivery systems; nanomedicine; phantoms; vision defects; animals; blindness; controlled release nanosponge; glaucoma treatment; human tissue; image guidance system; neuroprotective drug; phantoms; Animals; Drug delivery; Drugs; Endoscopes; Optical imaging; Optical variables measurement; Phantoms;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Chicago, IL
ISSN
1557-170X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945032
Filename
6945032
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