Title :
21.7 A 0.036mbar circadian and cardiac intraocular pressure sensor for smart implantable lens
Author :
Donida, Achille ; Di Dato, Giuseppe ; Cunzolo, Paolo ; Sala, Marco ; Piffaretti, Filippo ; Orsatti, Paolo ; Barrettino, Diego
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Appl. Sci. of Southern Switzerland, Maznno, Switzerland
Abstract :
Glaucoma is worldwide acknowledged to be the main leading cause of irreversible blindness. High intraocular pressure (IOP) is considered the leading risk factor for glaucoma. Lowering IOP continues to be the only evidence-based treatment to prevent its development or reduce the progression rate.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; cardiology; circadian rhythms; eye; intelligent sensors; medical disorders; pressure sensors; prosthetics; cardiac intraocular pressure sensor; circadian intraocular pressure sensor; glaucoma; high-intraocular pressure; pressure 0.036 mbar; progression rate; smart implantable lens; Accuracy; Application specific integrated circuits; Atmospheric measurements; Biomedical measurement; Lenses; Monitoring; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Solid- State Circuits Conference - (ISSCC), 2015 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6223-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISSCC.2015.7063091
