US Patent Issued to SmartLens on Oct. 14 for "Closed microfluidic network for strain sensing embedded in a contact lens to monitor intraocular pressure" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,103, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SmartLens Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Closed microfluidic network for strain sensing embedded in a contact lens to monitor intraocular pressure" was invented by Ismail Emre Araci (Santa Clara, Calif.), Sevda Agaoglu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Murat Baday (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Priscilla Diep (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic strain sensing device for monitoring intraocular pressure. The device has a contact lens and a closed microfluidic network embedded with the contact lens. The network has a volume that is sensitive to an applied strain. The network distinguishe...