Biodegradable microfabricated plug-filters for glaucoma drainage devices

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1507-1513

  Maleki, Teimour ^a   Chitnis, Girish ^a   Hyeong Park, Jun ^a   Cantor, Louis B ^b   Ziaie, Babak ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable plug filter; glaucoma drainage device (GDD); hot embossing; laser drilling; micromolding

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLUG-FILTER; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICES; HOT-EMBOSSING; LASER DRILLING; MICROMOLDING;

MICROMACHINING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SILICONES;

MOLDING;

BIOPOLYMER; DIMETICONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE MICROFABRICATED PLUG FILTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTER; FLOW RATE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MATERIAL COATING; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; MINIATURIZATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 84861365305     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2179031     Document Type: Article

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