Centering mechanism for soft contact lenses

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-195

  Funkenbusch, Guo Ming T ^a   Benson, Richard C ^b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION;

BLINK; CENTERING MECHANISM; CORNEA CENTER; TEAR FILM ANALYSES;

CONTACT LENSES;

ARTICLE; BLINKING; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; HARD CONTACT LENS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TEAR FILM;

BLINKING; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EYE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033119826     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835103     Document Type: Article

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