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3D Printed Contact Lenses

[Image: see text] Although the manufacturing processes of contact lenses are well established, the use of additive manufacturing for their fabrication opens many new possibilities to explore. The current study demonstrates the fabrication of personalized smart contract lenses utilizing additive manu...

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Autores principales: Alam, Fahad, Elsherif, Mohamed, AlQattan, Bader, Salih, Ahmed, Lee, Sung Mun, Yetisen, Ali K., Park, Seongjun, Butt, Haider
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33464813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01470
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author Alam, Fahad
Elsherif, Mohamed
AlQattan, Bader
Salih, Ahmed
Lee, Sung Mun
Yetisen, Ali K.
Park, Seongjun
Butt, Haider
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Yetisen, Ali K.
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description [Image: see text] Although the manufacturing processes of contact lenses are well established, the use of additive manufacturing for their fabrication opens many new possibilities to explore. The current study demonstrates the fabrication of personalized smart contract lenses utilizing additive manufacturing. The study includes 3-dimensional (3D) modeling of contact lenses with the assistance of a computer aided designing tool based on standard commercial contact lens dimension, followed by the selection of the suitable materials and 3D printing of contact lenses. The 3D printing parameters were optimized to achieve the desired lens geometries, and a post processing treatment was performed to achieve a smooth surface finish. The study also presents functionalized contact lenses with built-in sensing abilities by utilizing microchannels at the contact lens edges. Tinted contact lenses were printed and nanopatterns were textured onto the contact lens surfaces through holographic laser ablation. 3D printed contact lenses have advantages over conventional contact lenses, offering customized ophthalmic devices and the capability to integrate with optical sensors for diagnostics.
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spelling pubmed-83968022021-08-31 3D Printed Contact Lenses Alam, Fahad Elsherif, Mohamed AlQattan, Bader Salih, Ahmed Lee, Sung Mun Yetisen, Ali K. Park, Seongjun Butt, Haider ACS Biomater Sci Eng [Image: see text] Although the manufacturing processes of contact lenses are well established, the use of additive manufacturing for their fabrication opens many new possibilities to explore. The current study demonstrates the fabrication of personalized smart contract lenses utilizing additive manufacturing. The study includes 3-dimensional (3D) modeling of contact lenses with the assistance of a computer aided designing tool based on standard commercial contact lens dimension, followed by the selection of the suitable materials and 3D printing of contact lenses. The 3D printing parameters were optimized to achieve the desired lens geometries, and a post processing treatment was performed to achieve a smooth surface finish. The study also presents functionalized contact lenses with built-in sensing abilities by utilizing microchannels at the contact lens edges. Tinted contact lenses were printed and nanopatterns were textured onto the contact lens surfaces through holographic laser ablation. 3D printed contact lenses have advantages over conventional contact lenses, offering customized ophthalmic devices and the capability to integrate with optical sensors for diagnostics. American Chemical Society 2021-01-19 2021-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8396802/ /pubmed/33464813 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01470 Text en © 2021 American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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