Modeling and characterization of a valved glaucoma drainage device with implications for enhanced therapeutic efficacy

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 948-951

  Pan, Tingrui ^a   Stay, Matthew S ^a   Barocas, Victor H ^a   Brown, J David ^a   Ziaie, Babak ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahmed Glaucoma Valve ; Glaucoma; Glaucoma drainage device; Microfluidic; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRESSURE DROP; SURGERY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; EYE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICES (GDD); INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP);

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

POLYIMIDE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; DRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODEL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EYE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 18744381850     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.845222     Document Type: Article

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