Minimally invasive parylene dual-valved flow drainage shunt for glaucoma implant

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 196-199

  Lin, Jeffrey Chun Hui ^a   Chen, Po Jui ^a   Yu, Brian ^a   Humayun, Mark ^b   Tail, Yu Chong ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECK-VALVE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICES; GLAUCOMA IMPLANT; IN-VIVO; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; PARYLENE; POST-FABRICATION;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 65949120027     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2009.4805352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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