A photo from open sources Intraocular fluid pressure drops can cause serious diseases of the organs of vision up to complete blindness. For this reason, anyone with glaucoma or tuberculosis bulbs should be regularly observed by doctors.
Until today, an effective and, most importantly, long-term method treatment of these ailments did not exist. The doctors were only capable slow down the development of various diseases caused by improper intraocular pressure.
Now the Institute of Solid-State Modular Technologies Fraunhofer in Germany introduced an innovative implant that thanks to a miniature pump capable of regulating fluid pressure in the eyeball. The device consists of membrane pump, telemetry module and battery. It has touch control and can pump up to thirty every second microliters of fluid.
Christoph Enke – project manager – said that patients do not will be able to feel the presence of the implant: it in no way will limit the rotation of the eyeballs. System will be with extremely accurate to ensure that intraocular pressure the patient was normal. With glaucoma, the fluid will suck out from the eye, and with tuberculosis, bulbs are, on the contrary, injected into visual organ.
According to the authors of the project, this innovation will allow patients Avoid surgery and medication. Despite the fact that the implant still needs some refinement, scientists assure: a medical novelty will soon be available to residents The European Union.
