May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Development of an Implantable, RFID-Based Intraocular Pressure Sensing System for Glaucoma Patients
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • J. Aebersold
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • D. Jackson
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • M. Crain
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • J. Naber
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • T. Roussel
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • R. Keynton
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • K. Walsh
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • P. Van der Pol
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • G. Tezel
    Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
  • H. Kaplan
    Assenti, LLC, Louisville, Kentucky
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  J. Aebersold, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; D. Jackson, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; M. Crain, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; J. Naber, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; T. Roussel, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; R. Keynton, as, F; as, E; as, P; K. Walsh, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; P. Van der Pol, Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P; G. Tezel, Assenti, LLC, C; H. Kaplan, Assenti, LLC, F; Assenti, LLC, E; Assenti, LLC, P.
  • Footnotes
    Support  NIH-NEI (5R43EY014728-02 & ZR44EY014728-03), Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation & Dr. Luisa Franco
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 688. doi:
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      J. Aebersold, D. Jackson, M. Crain, J. Naber, T. Roussel, R. Keynton, K. Walsh, P. Van der Pol, G. Tezel, H. Kaplan; Development of an Implantable, RFID-Based Intraocular Pressure Sensing System for Glaucoma Patients. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):688.

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Abstract
 
Purpose:
 

Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor for the initiation and progression of glaucomatous neurodegeneration. Chronic monitoring of IOP is important for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with glaucoma. Assenti, LLC has developed a prototype implant capable of wirelessly detecting IOP that can be integrated into a psuedophakic intraocular lens (IOL) or phakic IOL.

 
Methods:
 

The IOP measurement system consists of a custom Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) telemetry Integrated Circuit (IC), a planar coil and a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) capacitive pressure transducer encased in silicone (Sylgard 184 by Dow Corning). Testing was performed by implanting the prototype in the anterior chamber of a 4 kg New Zealand white rabbit and changing IOP via saline filled infusion lines in the vitreous cavity. An external coil sourcing a 13.56 MHz magnetic field was placed 1 cm from the prototype, which provided an inductive link of 130µW for the implant circuit. The IOP was varied from 10 to 55 mmHg, which correlated with increasing capacitance of the MEMS transducer and the changing modulation frequency detected by the external circuit. Multiple tests were performed to investigate performance and repeatability of the prototype.

 
Results:
 

The IOP was increased during testing and the prototype exhibited a linear response of frequency versus pressure (see Figure 1). Response of the prototype at 10 mmHg was 2500 Hz and decreased to 2424 Hz at 53 mmHg. Repeated tests indicated a linear response with a sensitivity of 0.5 mmHg/Hz and standard deviation of 0.11 (n=5).

 
Conclusions:
 

A wireless, battery free, IOP measuring prototype was successfully developed and acutely tested with good repeatability and sensitivity. Future investigations will include chronic implant data to quantify long-term performance and drift.  

 
Keywords: intraocular pressure • intraocular lens • anterior chamber 
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