Microfluidic Characterization of a Valved Glaucoma Drainage Device With Implications for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3317-3320

  Pan, Tingrui ^a   Li, Zhihua ^a   Brown, J David ^a,b   Ziaie, Babak ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous Capsule; Glaucoma; Microfluidic; Microvalve; Nanopore Membrane; Valved GDD

Indexed keywords

FIBROUS CAPSULE; GLAUCOMA; MICROFLUIDIC; MICROVALVE; NANOPORE MEMBRANE; VALVED GDD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELASTOMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; SILICON; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TISSUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542270667     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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