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SENSIMED Triggerfish Electronic Contact Lens Continually Monitors Eye Pressure
Posted By Dr. Dominique Walton Brooks On August 12, 2009 @ 10:26 am In Glaucoma,Industry News,New Technologies,Research | Comments Disabled
An electronic contact lens that continuously monitors intraocular pressure up to 24 hours has been developed by SENSIMED AG and is called the SENSIMED Triggerfish® system. This lens is composed of a strain gauge and a microchip that processes the data. The patient also wears an antenna array around the eye socket that powers the lens and reads the information coming off the microchip. This lens was approved in Europe this past February.
The Triggerfish® system consists of four parts:
The SENSIMED Triggerfish® system is currently under FDA review in the US.
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[1] article: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/08/sensimed_triggerfish_electronic_contact_lens_provides_continuous_monitoring_of_intraocular_pressure.html
[2] release: http://www.sensimed.ch/press-releases/PR%202009-03-12%20CE%20mark%20for%20Triggerfish_E.pdf
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