Abstract: A device for measuring intraocular pressure includes a remote measuring device that can be implanted in the eye and that contains a pressure sensor, a device that can convert the sensor signals into information that can be transmitted without wires, and a transmitter. The device also includes a receiving device located outside the eye which receives the information transmitted by the transmitter and which is connected to an evaluation device in which the received information is converted into data on the intraocular pressure for recording.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2002
Assignees:
Acritec GmbH, Mesotec Gesellschaft für Medizinische Sensortechnik
mbH