Hydrophilic treatment of porous PTFE for intractable glaucoma implant devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4245, Issue , 2001, Pages 221-227

  Murahara, M ^a   Sato, Y ^a   Fernandez, V ^a   Fantes, F ^a   Nose, I ^a   Lee, W ^a   Milne, P ^a   Parel, J M ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Capillary phenomenon; Excimer laser; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Photochemical substitution; Porous fluorocarbon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXCIMER LASERS; FUSED SILICA; HYDROPHILICITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION;

GLUCOMA IMPLANT DEVICES;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0034866012     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.429276     Document Type: Article

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