Eye Implant Monitors Pressure
DUISBURG, Germany, Sept. 5, 2007 -- An artificial lens with an integrated sensor is being developed as a permanent implant that could provide better long-term monitoring of high pressure in the eye, blood vessels, bladder or brain.
If the pressure in the eye is too high, nerve fibers die, resulting in visual field loss or blindness. Since increased intraocular pressure, also known as glaucoma, is not usually painful, the condition is often diagnosed too late. Also, these patients often tend to develop cataracts when they get...