Smart contact lens for non-invasive drug delivery
AssigneeKorea Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsJinseok KIM, Yong-Won SONG, Hyungdal PARK, Ockchul KIM
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Abstract
Provided is a smart contact lens for non-invasive drug delivery including a platform configured to be worn on an eye, a reservoir installed within the platform, and having a receiving part in which a drug is received, to provide the eye with the drug, an electrode for iontophoresis installed in the reservoir to make iontophoresis work, to provide the eye with the drug from the reservoir, and an activation chip electrically connected to the electrode for iontophoresis to activate iontophoresis.
Claims6
A smart contact lens for non-invasive drug delivery, comprising:
- a platform configured to be worn on an eye;
- a reservoir installed within the platform, and having a receiving part in which a drug is received, to provide the eye with the drug;
- an electrode for iontophoresis installed in the reservoir to make iontophoresis work, to provide the eye with the drug from the reservoir;
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- an activation chip electrically connected to the electrode for iontophoresis to activate iontophoresis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.