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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Jinseok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-Won Song, Seoul, KR;
Jinwoo Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Ockchul Kim, Seoul, KR;
Won-suk Choi, Seoul, KR;
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A tear collection device comprises: a body attached to an eyeball; a tear inlet for allowing tear to flow into the body; a storing space formed inside the body and capable of storing the tears having flowed into the body; and a pump forming a pressure difference inside the body such that tears flow into the body through the tear inlet, wherein the pump is driven by using, as power, eye blinking movements of a wearer so as to form the pressure difference inside the body, thereby allowing the tears to flow into the body.