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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6945032
