OPTICAL INTRAOCULAR SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD

摘要

An optical pressure sensor sized to be implanted at an intraocular location and formed from biocompatible materials. The sensor includes a rigid structure that supports a deformable structure arranged such that deformation of the deformable structure can be monitored optically when implanted in the intraocular location. A method for sensing intraocular pressure images the deformable structure and correlates an optical property affected by the state of deformation of the deformable structure to an intraocular pressure.