New Eye Sensor Could Be Boon for Glaucoma Patients

An implantable microfluidic lens that reads ocular pressure could provide 24-h home-monitoring for glaucoma patients

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Tweezers holding a contact lens.
A microfluidic sensor embedded within an implantable lens could help monitor eye pressure in glaucoma patients. High pressure can cause blindness. The sensor is a microfluidic channel connected on one side to the eye fluid and to a tiny gas reservoir on the other. The lens' arms stabilize the lens in place within the eye.
Photo: Yossi Mandel