Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring physical quantities in the eye, especially for measuring the intraocular pressure. The inventive device comprises a foldable telemetry system containing a coil (1) which is flatly arranged on a foldable support. Said coil is completely embedded in the biocompatible implant material together with an electronic mobile (4) that contains the electronic of the telemetry system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 2002
Date of Patent:
September 28, 2004
Assignees:
Acritec Gesellschaft fur Ophthalmologische Produkte
mbH, Mesotec Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Sensortechnik
mbH
Inventors:
Christine Kreiner, Volker Bödecker, Uwe Schnakenberg, Stella Marianne Ullerich, Peter Walter
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