Self-moisturizing Smart Contact Lenses (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Self-moisturizing Smart Contact Lenses

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Illustration of a self-moisturizing soft contact lens that supplies tears via electroosmotic flow from the temporary tear reservoir behind the lower eyelid.

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Tohoku University

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