SBIR/STTR Research Award
IMPROVED INTRACORNEAL IMPLANT
Award amount
$47,009Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Merix Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
AN IMPROVED INTRACORNEAL LENS, WHICH WILL AVOID BOTH THE BIOCOMPATIVILITY PROBLEMS OF CURRENT POLYSULFONE LENSES AND THICKNESS REQUIREMENT OF CURRENT HYDROGEL LENSES, WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE IMPROVED LENSES WILL PERMIT A SURGICALLY SIMPLE, ACCURATE MODIFICATION OF CORNEAL POWER TO CORRECT VISION. IN THIS PROGRAM, THE LENS MATERIAL WILL BE PREPARED, THE LENSES FABRICATED, AND PROPERTIES OF THE LENSES WILL BE MEASURED, INCLUDING STRENGTH AND PERMEABILITY. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM WILL FORM THE BASIS FOR SUBSEQUENT IMPLANTATION IN ANIMALS IN PHASE II, TO ASSESS LONG-TERM STABILITY AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY IN THE CORNEAL ENVIRONMENT.
Technology keywords
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