Dynamic multi-arm radial lens stretcher: A robotic analog of the ciliary body

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-164

  Reilly, Matthew A ^a,b   Hamilton, Paul D ^a   Ravi, Nathan ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; force of accommodation; lens; lens curvature; lens refill; lens stretching

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; DEVICE; KERATOMETRY; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CILIARY BODY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 36749091103     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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