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US 10,864,111 B2Granted
Technique for therapeutic contact lens systems
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorChi Hwan Lee
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Abstract
The invention relates to electronic contact lens systems, methods for fabrication thereof, and uses thereof for treatment of ophthalmic diseases and conditions, for example, meibomian gland dysfunction.
Claims10
An electronic contact lens comprising a heating element, a sensing element, a wireless power supplier, and a transparent supporting/encapsulating layer, wherein said heating element is an independently, wirelessly addressable Joule heating resistor, wherein said sensing element is pn-doped silicon nanomembranes, and wherein said wireless power supplier is an inductive coupled receiver coil connected to the heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.