Implandata Ophthalmic Products Gmbh

Max Ostermeier

Stefan Meyer

Peter Szurman

The invention relates to an arrangement and a software-based application for modifying an internal eye pressure in vivo, having modulating means for modifying the internal eye pressure and sensor means for capturing the internal eye pressure in vivo, and enabling easily operated and quickly reacting changes to the internal eye pressure while avoiding the disadvantages of the prior art, proposing that the modulating means are implemented for modifying the internal eye pressure as a function of the internal eye pressure captured by the sensor means.

Arrangement for modifying an internal eye pressure in vivo

An implant for determining intraocular pressure includes at least one electrical pressure sensor for measuring the intraocular pressure, at least one microchip that is connected to the pressure sensor, and at least one antenna that is connected to the microchip, the microchip generating digitally encoded data from the electrical signals of the pressure sensor, which data can be transmitted by an antenna, using electromagnetic waves, to a receiver located outside the eye, and components being accommodated in a small housing, the outer dimensions of which are limited such that the implant can be positioned between the sclera and the choroid of the eye, is improved in that the pressure sensor is accommodated on an outer housing side of the implant, which outer housing side is brought into contact with the choroid in the eye is disclosed.

Implant for determining intraocular pressure

An injector () for implanting a sensor implant () in the human or animal eye, in particular for the suprachoroidal implantation of a pressure sensor for the wireless measurement of the intraocular pressure, is improved in terms of rapid, complication-free, low-trauma and low-wear suprachoroidal implantation in that, to accommodate the sensor implant, the injector () has a substantially tubular injection chamber (), the inner wall surfaces () of which have a non-rotationally symmetrical cross section, preferably an oval or rectangular cross section, in that, at a free end, the injection chamber () is provided with an injection opening (), through which, during implantation, the sensor implant () can slide out and slide into a sclera incision in the eye, wherein the inner wall surfaces () of the injection chamber () enclose the likewise non-rotationally symmetrical cross section of the sensor implant () and prevent a rotation of the sensor implant () about an axis of rotation extending in the direction of the injection ().

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