Abstract

Monitoring intracorporal pressures are important for health care and diagnosis. In this work, a contact lens tonometer employing graphene woven fabrics (GWFs), which indicate great sensibility of resistance to strain, flexibility, stretchability, transparency, and biocompatibility, is proposed for real-time monitoring intraocular pressure (IOP) with high resolution. The mechanical properties of the device during the deformation were analyzed, and the sensitivity of the fabricated device was tested on a mimic human eyeball. In vitro experiments on porcine eyes were executed to test the effectiveness of the device. The change rate of resistance under different IOP was tested. Also, the relationship between the current changes and IOP variation when keeping the voltage constant for different devices was obtained. The contact lens tonometers with GWFs as high-resolution sensing element have shown a promising prospective to realize the low-cost disposable sensing contact lens with lower power.

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Title
High resolution non-invasive intraocular pressure monitoring by use of graphene woven fabrics on contact lens
Author
Zhang, Yushi 1 ; Chen, Yufeng 2 ; Man, Tianxing 2 ; Huang, Dong 2 ; Li, Xiao 3 ; Zhu, Hongwei 4 ; Li, Zhihong 5 

 School of Information Engineering, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China; National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China 
 National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China 
 Key Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing by Materials Processing Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 
 Key Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing by Materials Processing Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 
 National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Institute of Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China; Center for Nano and Micro Mechanics (CNMM), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 
Pages
1-8
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Aug 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
20961030
e-ISSN
20557434
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2279798417
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.