US 12,268,449 B2
Intraocular pressure monitoring devices and methods of using the same
Aykutlu Dana, Mountain View, CA (US); Sevda Agaoglu, Mountain View, CA (US); Murat Baday, Mountain View, CA (US); Savas Komban, Mountain View, CA (US); and Ahmet Taylan Yazici, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Smartlens, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,198.
Application 17/495,198 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/002721, filed on Apr. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/832,151, filed on Apr. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022744 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 3/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 3/16 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6821 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for conforming to a surface contour of an eye, the device comprising:
a body composed of a biocompatible material and having a shape of a contact lens;
a stress sensor embedded within the body, the stress sensor comprising:
an annular ring having a central aperture, and a plurality of secondary apertures arranged around the central aperture, the plurality of secondary apertures defining a plurality of struts, the annular ring being made of a photoelastic material;
wherein a shape of the annular ring, the central aperture and the plurality of secondary apertures define a foot print of the annular ring; and
a reflector material layered under the annular ring, the reflector material having substantially the same foot print as the annular ring;
wherein the plurality of struts of the annular ring are configured to flex in response to changes in the surface contour of the eye.