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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Wolfgang Fink, Montrose, CA (US);
Eui-hyeok Yang, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Yoshi Hishinuma, Arcadia, CA (US);
Choonsup Lee, Pasadena, CA (US);
Thomas George, La Canada, CA (US);
Yu-chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ellis Meng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, Glendale, CA (US);
Wolfgang Fink, Montrose, CA (US);
Eui-Hyeok Yang, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Yoshi Hishinuma, Arcadia, CA (US);
Choonsup Lee, Pasadena, CA (US);
Thomas George, La Canada, CA (US);
Yu-Chong Tai, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ellis Meng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark Humayun, Glendale, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An implantable intraocular pressure sensor device for detecting excessive intraocular pressure above a predetermined threshold pressure is disclosed. The device includes a pressure switch that is sized and configured to be placed in an eye, wherein said pressure switch is activated when the intraocular pressure is higher than the predetermined threshold pressure. The device is optically powered and transmits data wirelessly using optical energy. In one embodiment, the pressure sensor device is a micro electromechanical system.