Open AccessA Drug-Eluting Contact Lens
Author(s) -
Joseph B. Ciolino,
Todd Hoare,
Naomi G. Iwata,
Irmgard Behlau,
Claes H. Dohlman,
Robert D. Langer,
Daniel S. Kohane
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.08-2826
Subject(s) - contact lens , plga , (hydroxyethyl)methacrylate , drug delivery , methacrylate , materials science , controlled release , biomedical engineering , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , polymerization , polymer , nanoparticle , composite material , optics , medicine , physics
To formulate and characterize a drug-eluting contact lens designed to provide extended, controlled release of a drug.