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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Albert Yee, Irvine, CA (US);
Marjan Farid, Irvine, CA (US);
Roger Steinert, Irvine, CA (US);
Elena Liang, Irvine, CA (US);
Mary Nora Dickson, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, disclosed herein is an artificial cornea, comprising an optic zone that is similar in thickness to a natural cornea and a peripheral skirt having a thickness less than the thickness of the optic zone, where the surfaces of the optic zone and peripheral skirt comprise one or more microstructures or nanostructures. In various embodiments, further disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing nanostructures on an artificial cornea, as well as treating a disease by providing an artificial cornea having one or more microstructures and/or nanostructures.