Surface tension controls capsule thickness and collagen orientation in glaucoma shunt devices

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 37, Issue , 2001, Pages 257-262

  Kadri, O A ^a   Wilcox, M J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Eye; Fiber; Fibrosis; Glaucoma; Implant; Shunt device; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBERS; FILTRATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SURFACE TENSION; TISSUE;

FIBROUS TISSUES;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

COLLAGEN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE; FIBROSIS; FILTRATION; GEOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; IMPLANTATION; SHUNTING; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HAPLORHINI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLAROGRAPHY; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0035027275     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Performance of a new, low-volume, high-surface area aqueous shunt in normal rabbit eyes
2. Fibrillar Collagens