• DocumentCode
    1869405
  • Title

    MEMS oxygen transporter to treat retinal ischemia

  • Author

    Dongyang Kang ; Murali, Karthik ; Scianmarello, Nicholas ; Jungwook Park ; Chang, Jay Han-Chieh ; Yang Liu ; Kai-Tang Chang ; Yu-chong Tai ; Humayun, Mark S.

  • Author_Institution
    California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    18-22 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    154
  • Lastpage
    157
  • Abstract
    For the first time, a paradigm shift in the treatment of retinal ischemia is proposed: providing localized supplemental oxygen to the ischemic tissue via an implanted MEMS device. A passive MEMS oxygen transporter is designed, built and tested in both artificial eye models and porcine cadaver eyes to confirm various hypotheses. The finite element modeling results predict that the proposed approach can treat complete retinal ischemia.
  • Keywords
    artificial organs; bioMEMS; biological tissues; biomedical equipment; eye; finite element analysis; patient treatment; artificial eye models; finite element modeling; implanted MEMS device; ischemic tissue; localized supplemental oxygen; paradigm shift; passive MEMS oxygen transporter; porcine cadaver eyes; retinal ischemia treatment; Cadaver; Mathematical model; Micromechanical devices; Permeability; Permeability measurement; Retina; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Estoril
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050909
  • Filename
    7050909