MEMS oxygen transporter to treat retinal ischemia
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Kang, Dongyang; Murali, Karthik; Scianmarello, Nicholas; Park, Jungwook; Chang, Jay Han-Chieh; Liu, Yang; Chang, Kai-Tang; Tai, Yu-Chong; Humayun, Mark S.
- Source
- 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on. :154-157 Jan, 2015
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Transportation
Retina
Permeability
Solid modeling
Mathematical model
Micromechanical devices
Cadaver
Permeability measurement
- Language
- ISSN
- 1084-6999
For the first time, a paradigm shift in the treatment of retinal ischemia is proposed: providing localized supplemental oxygen to the ischemic tissue via an implanted MEMS device. A passive MEMS oxygen transporter is designed, built and tested in both artificial eye models and porcine cadaver eyes to confirm various hypotheses. The finite element modeling results predict that the proposed approach can treat complete retinal ischemia.