Posts Tagged ‘PDMS’
Drug-Delivering Smart Contact Lenses
Written by WTJ on August 4, 2008 – 4:36 pm -
Assistant Professor Tingrui Pan and postdoctoral researcher Hailin Cong developed ’smart’ contact lenses that will make you cry when you try to peep at women’s panties. Silver powder is placed on the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and then they are shaped into contact-lens shape. PDMS-silver functions as conductive wires and also has antimicrobial properties. When you look at the panties, it will cause a glaucoma effect, which is a disease caused by build-up of pressure in the eyes and can lead to blindness. Although the smart contact lenses won’t help you record the panties you see, it can send the eyes pressure data for doctors to learn more about glaucoma and improve glaucoma treatment.
Tags: contact lenses, eye, eye care, glaucoma, Hailin Cong, hypertension, medication, PDMS, polydimethylsiloxane, Tingrui Pan, UC Davis
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