Paper Info
Title
A Targeted Drug Delivery Platform For Assisting Retinal Surgeons For Treating Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Amd)
Abstract
In this paper we present our latest robotic setup, which has been modified for sub-retinal interventions. The setup consists of: 1) sub-retinal micro cannula with automatic pump; 2) Micromanipulator; 3) patient fixation mechanism and 4) clinically compatible workstation. The primary objective of this work is to allow ophthalmologists to improve administration of substances such as drugs, stem-cells and gene cargos to their desired targets in the sub-retinal microstructures. Such a delivery method will enable effective treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries and as yet there is no efficient treatment. To validate the precision of the system a successful targeted delivery scenario with the proposed setup and using an intra-operative OCT integrated microscope in a clinical environment is presented in this paper.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037815
2017 39TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
Field
DocType
Volume
Computer science,Targeted drug delivery,Macular degeneration,Optometry,Blindness,Micromanipulator,Cannula
Conference
2017
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1094-687X
1
0.36
References 
Authors
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M A Nasseri1141.72
Mathias Maier242.79
Chris P. Lohmann3194.60