Interfacing a tonometer with a microcontroller to monitor diurnal intraocular pressure variations

Peter Wong; Crystal Kania; Munish Shah; Philippe R. Moinot; Joel Schesser; William C. Hunter; Tara L. Alvarez

doi:10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458242

Interfacing a tonometer with a microcontroller to monitor diurnal intraocular pressure variations

Peter Wong, Crystal Kania, Munish Shah, Philippe R. Moinot, Joel Schesser, William C. Hunter, Tara L. Alvarez

Bio-Medical Engineering

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Abstract

Glaucoma is the degeneration of the optic nerve head caused by elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and diurnal variations. It is the second leading cause of blindness. Proper treatment requires IOP to be monitored and maintained. Goldmann applanation tonometry is the clinical gold standard measured in the physician's office quarterly for those who are glaucoma suspects. It requires a local anesthetic administered to the cornea. Hence, this procedure cannot be utilized for patient home monitoring. The proposed tonometer to be used by a patient at home will use a sensor that measures force through the eye lid (transpalpebral) with a portable microcontroller device. The microcontroller will digitize data to be stored and transferred for offline analysis as well as display a single reading to an LCD display.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458242
State	Published - 2010
Event	36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010 - New York, NY, United States Duration: Mar 26 2010 → Mar 28 2010

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Other	36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York, NY
Period	3/26/10 → 3/28/10

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Wong, P., Kania, C., Shah, M., Moinot, P. R., Schesser, J., Hunter, W. C., & Alvarez, T. L. (2010). Interfacing a tonometer with a microcontroller to monitor diurnal intraocular pressure variations. In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010 Article 5458242 (Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE 36th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC 2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/NEBC.2010.5458242

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Interfacing a tonometer with a microcontroller to monitor diurnal intraocular pressure variations. / Wong, Peter; Kania, Crystal; Shah, Munish et al.
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