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Yessi Pratiwi — August 5, 2008 / 1:25 pm
Contact lenses known can correct the vision of people with nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. One in five people in America found to use contact lenses. For more than 100 years of its discovery, many advancements have been found, allowing just about everyone to wear contact lenses.
Seeing this, biomedical engineers at UC Davis collaborating with Department of Ophthalmology at the UC Davis School of Medicine, developing “Smart Contact Lenses”, that can measure pressure within the eye and dispense medication.
What makes it smart?
The contact lenses made with a pattern of conductive silver wires could be used to measure pressure inside the eye and study glaucoma, a major cause of blindness. The silver has antimicrobial properties!
Besides, the researchers developed a method for placing powdered silver on the PDMS in a precise pattern, to create conductive wires.
Adapted From ScienceDaily
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