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녹내장 임플랜트용 밸브 액추에이터의 제작 및 성능 평가 (Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of the Valve Actuator for Glaucoma Implant)

  • 배병훈;김낙훈;박기환;이상호;심태석;김용권;이연;기홍석;김선호
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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    • pp.1875-1877
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    • 2001
  • Glaucoma is an eye disease which is caused by abnormal high lOP (Intra Ocular Pressure). High lOP is caused by the aqueous humor which is produced consistently but not drained due to malfunction of the trabecular system which has a role of draining the aqueous humor into the venous system. Currently, there are some methods to treat glaucoma, Among these, the use of implants is increasing in these days due to many problems In other methods. However, conventional implants are passive implants and have critical disadvantage. Therefore, it is needed to develop an active implant which is composed of a valve actuator, pressure sensor, controller, and power supply. In this paper, we make experiment with the fabricated valve actuator in In-vitro experiment, and estimate the in-vivo result using the experimental result and investigate the possibility of the fabricated valve.

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Detection of Ocular Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Chronic Irregular Recurrent Uveitis by PCR

  • Lee, Sang-Eun;Hong, Sung-Hee;Lee, Seong-Ho;Jeong, Young-Il;Lim, Su-Jin;Kwon, Oh-Woong;Kim, Sun-Hyun;You, Young-Sung;Cho, Shin-Hyeong;Lee, Won-Ja
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제50권3호
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    • pp.229-231
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    • 2012
  • Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite resulting in human infections and one of the infectious pathogens leading to uveitis and retinochoroiditis. The present study was performed to assess T. gondii infection in 20 ocular patients with chronic irregular recurrent uveitis (20 aqueous humor and 20 peripheral blood samples) using PCR. All samples were analyzed by nested PCR targeting a specific B1 gene of T. gondii. The PCR-positive rate was 25% (5/20), including 5% (1) in blood samples, 25% (5) in aqueous humor samples, and 5% (1) in both sample types. A molecular screening test for T. gondii infection in ocular patients with common clinical findings of an unclear retinal margin and an inflammatory membrane over the retina, as seen by fundus examination, may be helpful for early diagnosis and treatment.

Determination of oestrone, $17{\alpha}$-and $17{\beta}$-oestradiol in bovine aqueous humor using gas chromatography-negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry

  • Zafar-Iqbal;Midgley, John-M;Watson, David-G
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • 제20권3호
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    • pp.247-252
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    • 1997
  • Perfluorotolyl (PFT)-ether and perfluorotoly-trimethylsilyl (PFT-TMS) ether derivatives of oestrone, $17{\alpha}$- and $17{\beta}$oestradiol were prepared under phase transfer conditons. The former derivatives under negative ion chemical ionization conditions gave significant ions in the mass spectrometer but $17{\alpha}$- and $17{\beta}$ -oestradiol gave poor resolution. However, the PFT-TMS derivatives of 17.${\alpha}$- and$17{\beta}$-oestradiol showed good resolution. These derivatives were used for the analysis of oestrogens in bovine aqueous humour, vitreous humour and retina. The mean $({\pm}SEM)$ concentrations of oestrone in bovine aqueous humour (n=18), vitreous humour (n=18) and bovine retina (n=4) were $0.47{\pm}0.11$, $0.46{\pm}0.14$ and $1.10{\pm}0.24 ng.ml^{-1}$, respectively. $17{\alpha}$-Oestradiol was detected in 16 out of 18 samples of bovine aqueous humour and vitreous humour and the mean $({\pm}SEM)$ concentrations were $0.30{\pm}0.10$ and $0.08{\pm}0.02 ng.ml^{-1}$, respectively. The mean $({\pm}SEM)$ concentration of 17.betha.-oestradiol in aqueous humour (n=7) and vitreous homour (n=11) $0.83{\pm}0.26 ng ml^{-1}$ and $0.39{\pm}0.09 ng ml^-1$, respectively. In retina the concentrations of both steroids were below the detection limit.

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반도체 나노구조를 이용한 SERS기반 바이오센싱 기술 (Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-based Bio Sensing Technology Using Semiconductor Nanostructures)

  • 유재수;이수현
    • 진공이야기
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    • 제4권3호
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    • pp.12-15
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    • 2017
  • Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is considered as one of promising medical and diagnostic technologies. The SERS effect is caused by the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) from metal nanoparticles with narrow hot spots. The mechanism of LSPR, development of nanostructure fabrication, and corresponding researches are discussed. The flexible, label-free, low-cost, and highly-sensitive Au/ZnONRs/G is introduced. The Au/ZnONRs/G detects and distinguishes cataract, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic macular edema from aqueous humor. Comprehension of SERS provides further improvement in bio sensing technology including early diagnosis and prolonged life expectancy.realize highly stretchable electrodes.

Control of the Intraocular Pressure by Using the Micro Valve Actuator for a Glaucoma Implant

  • Byunghoon Bae;Park, Junhyun;Park, Kyihwan;Lee, Jonghyun;Lee, Yeon;Hongseok Kee;Kim, Seonho;Taeseok Sim;Kim, Yongkweon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.74.6-74
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    • 2002
  • $\textbullet$ A new implant capable of controlling IOP actively and coping with personal difference among patients $\textbullet$ The valve actuator of the active implant is proposed and fabricated. $\textbullet$ In vitro experiments are carried out extensively with and without a rabbit. $\textbullet$ The experiments are conducted by using the open and closed loop pressure control. $\textbullet$ The experiment with the rabbit is similar as a in vivo experiment, $\textbullet$ since the compliance and the aqueous humor of the rabbit's eye are included. $\textbullet$ The experimental results verify the possibility of the valve actuator for a glaucoma implant.

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A Case Report of Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant with Exudative Retinal Detachment for Ocular Toxocariasis Treatment

  • Cai, Youran;Yang, Ye;Zhong, Xin
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제60권2호
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2022
  • Toxocariasis is one of the most common geohelminth infections in several parts of the world. We describe a rare case of ocular toxocariasis with secondary exudative retinal detachment treated with albendazole and an intravitreal dexamethasone implant. A 13-year-old boy with counting finger vision was diagnosed with retinal vasculitis and exudative retinal detachment in his right eye. Fundoscopic examination revealed retinal hemorrhage, retinal vasculitis, and exudative retinal detachment. Serological test using serum and intraocular aqueous humor were positive for anti-Toxocara specific IgG antibodies. He received repeated doses of intravitreal dexamethasone implants combined with oral albendazole. A sequential follow-up optical coherence tomography revealed that the retina was successfully reattached. His visual acuity subsequently improved to 20/400.

A Novel Approach of Drug Delivery via Intrascleral Implantation of Latanoprost Imbedded Disk

  • Moon, Soo-Jin;Seo, Min-Soo;Kang, Kyung-Ku;Sung, Soo-Eun;Yun, Sungho;Kwon, Young-Sam
    • 한국임상수의학회지
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    • 제36권4호
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    • pp.212-218
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    • 2019
  • This study evaluates the drug delivery and biocompatibility of latanoprost imbedded disk in rabbit eye by assessing pharmacokinetics (PK), clinical signs, and histopathologic findings. During 84 days of experimental period, 48 New Zealand Rabbit (NZW) eyes were divided into control group which received no treatment and test material group which latanoprost were implanted intrasclerally. Pharmacokinetic assessment was performed to evaluate the drug delivery for 3 months. For biocompatibility, clinical signs were observed and histopathological analysis was done at 3 months post-operatively. The concentration of latanoprost in the iris tissue was maintained during the experimental period and the highest level of latanoprost was found at 4 weeks. However, the latanoprost was not found in the aqueous humor. Macroscopically, there was no evidence of clinical signs except for temporary hyperemia, neovascularization and edema immediately after surgery. On histopathological examination, there were no abnormal findings such as hyperemia, neovascularization, and edema in the eye tissues. The latanoprost imbedded disks has effectively released the drug into the adjacent tissue with high compatibility. Therefore, this study suggests that the drug delivery system with intrascleral latanoprost imbedded implants might be a novel approach as a treatment option for glaucoma.

First Blindness Cases of Horses Infected with Setaria Digitata (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in the Republic of Korea

  • Shin, Jihun;Ahn, Kyu-Sung;Suh, Guk-Hyun;Kim, Ha-Jung;Jeong, Hak-Sub;Kim, Byung-Su;Choi, Eunsang;Shin, Sung-Shik
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제55권6호
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    • pp.667-671
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    • 2017
  • Ocular setariases of cattle were reported but those of equine hosts have never been reported in the Republic of Korea (Korea). We found motile worms in the aqueous humor of 15 horses (Equus spp.) from 12 localities in southern parts of Korea between January 2004 and November 2017. After the affected animals were properly restrained under sedation and local anesthesia, 10 ml disposable syringe with a 16-gauge needle was inserted into the anterior chamber of the affected eye to successfully remove the parasites. The male worm that was found in 7 of the cases showed a pair of lateral appendages near the posterior terminal end of the body. The papillar arrangement was 3 pairs of precloacal, a pair of adcloacal, and 3 pairs of postcloacal papillae, plus a central papilla just in front of the cloaca. The female worms found in the eyes of 8 horses were characterized by the tapering posterior terminal end of the body with a smooth knob. Worms were all identified as Setaria digitata (von Linstow, 1906) by the morphologic characteristics using light and electron microscopic observations. This is the first blindness cases of 15 horses infected with S. digitata (Nematoda: Filarioidea) in Korea.

성호르몬과 안질환 (Sex Steroid Hormone and Ophthalmic Disease)

  • 김진주;유형곤;구승엽
    • Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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    • 제37권2호
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2010
  • 성호르몬은 lacrimal system, corneal anatomy and disease, aqueous humor dynamics and glaucoma, crystalline lens and cataract, retinal disease를 포함한 안과영역의 다양한 부위에 영향을 끼칠 수 있다. Androgen은 전신에 걸친 sebaceous glands의 발달, 분화, 지질생성 등에 관여하므로 androgen deficiency는 meibomian gland의 기능장애와 건성안에서 증발을 더욱더 심화시킬 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 반면에 estrogens은 sebaceous glands의 크기, activity, 지질생성을 감소시켜 meibomian gland에서는 androgen과 반대되는 작용을 할 가능성이 있다. 성호르몬은 또한 각막의 구조와 질병경과에도 영향을 줄 수 있는데, 각막이 월경주기 제2일째 및 배란주위기에 두꺼워지며, 폐경 여성에서 여성호르몬 치료 시 각막두께가 증가한다는 사실은 estrogen levels과 각막 두께와의 연관을 시사하는 소견이라고 하겠다. Fuch's dystrophy 역시 폐경 후 여성에서 더 흔히 관찰되어, 나이에 따른 호르몬 변화가 그 원인 중 하나로 지목되고 있으며, vernal keratoconjunctivitis 환자의 각막조직에서는 estrogen과 progesterone 수용체의 overexpresson이 발견되어 역시 이들 질환에서의 성호르몬의 역할을 시사한다고 할 수 있겠다. 성호르몬은 안압에도 영향을 미칠 수 있는데, intraocular pressure와 혈중 luteinizing hormone, follicular stimulating hormone (FSH), estrone, estradiol, progesterone, testosterone과는 연관이 없는 것으로 보고한 결과도 있으나, 혈중 progesterone의 경우 특히 임신중인 여성에서 안압과의 연관관계가 보고되었으며, 또한 폐경 여성에서 혈중 남성호르몬 농도가 높을수록 안압이 상승하는 경향이 있음이 보고되었다. 한편 'Female sex'는 모든 종류의 백내장의 위험요소인 것으로 알려져 있다. 백내장으로 진단받은 여성의 경우 호르몬 측정 시 연령등을 보정하고도 폐경기에 가까운 호르몬 수치를 보였으며, 이들 백내장 환자군내에서는 estradiol과 FSH 농도 사이에 유의한 음의 상관관계가 보고되었다. 또한 DHEAS의 경우 백내장 위험도를 감소시키는 것으로 보고되었고, 그 기전으로 전구호르몬인 DHEA의 역할을 제시되고 있는데. 즉 백내장의 주요 기전 중 하나인 oxidative stress를 감소시키는 antioxidant activity를 DHEA가 보이기 때문일 것으로 추정되고 있다. 성호르몬은 망막 내 혈관의 흐름에도 영향을 줄 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있는데, 안구 내 혈류에서 여성호르몬의 긍정적인 효과와 남성호르몬의 부정적인 효과가 보고되었고, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)의 경우, estradiol이 ER-$\beta$ 수용체를 통해 보호효과가 있음이 보고되어, ER-$\beta$ 수용체가 향후 AMD 치료에서 치료적 target이 될 수도 있을 것으로 알려지고 있다. 또한 DHEAS의 경우 AMD 위험도를 증가시킬 가능성이 있으며, 당뇨로 진단받은 환자에서는 혈중 testosterone 농도는 당뇨병성 망막병증의 진행과 연관이 있는 것으로 보고되었다. 성호르몬은 안과영역의 다양한 질환과의 연관관계는 아직 추가연구가 필요한 실정이나 다양한 성호르몬이 안질환의 발생 및 경과에 영향을 줄 가능성이 있으며, 이와 같은 연관관계가 규명된다면 추후 호르몬을 통해 질환의 경과 및 예방의 가능성이 제시될 수도 있을 것으로 사료된다. 특히 폐경이후 다양한 안질환이 증가한다는 기존의 연구결과들을 고려 시, 안과영역에 있어 폐경기 여성호르몬 치료의 긍정적인 역할에 관해서는 지속적인 관심이 요구된다고 하겠다.

異種動物의 眼前房에 이식된 濾胞卵子의 成熟에 관한 연구 (Studies on the Maturation of the Follicular Oocytes by Xenoplastical Transplantation in the Anterior Chamber of the Eye)

  • 조완규
    • 한국동물학회지
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    • 제13권3호
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 1970
  • 안전방안에서 여포난자가 성숙한다는 것이 몇가지 동물을 이용한 실험에서 밝혀진 바가 있었거니와 여포 난자가 異種의 안전방내에서도 성숙이 가능한 가를 보기 위하여 본 실험을 행하였다. 토끼의 경우 자체의 안전방내에 이식한 여포난자가 다른 동물 즉 흰쥐나 흰생쥐의 안전방에 이식하였을 때보다 낮은 성숙률을 보여 주고 있을 뿐, 흰쥐, 흰생쥐들은 각각 상호간의 안전방에 이식하였을때 同種의 다른 개체의 안정방에서 얻은 결과보다 훨씬 좋은 성숙률을 나타내고 있다. 특히 흰쥐의 여포난자는 숫컷 흰쥐의 안전방에서 24시간 사이에 76%가 제 1및 제 2차 분렬의 증기에 있으며 같은 종류의 수컷 생쥐의 안전방에서 55%가 성숙한 것 보다 훨씬 높은 율을 보여주고 있는 것이다. 안전방의 전방수가 함유단백질의 양이거나 삼투압에 있어서 일반체액이거나 표준배양액의 것들과는 크게 다르며 세포나 조직의 배양액으로는 그다지 적당한 것으로 보이지 않으나 여포난자의 활성획득에는 큰 영향이 없다할 것이다. 특히 異種간의 이식실험에서 얻은 결과가 자체거나 同種간의 이식실험과 거의 같거나 오히려 더 나은 성과를 보여주고 있는데, 는 그 이유에 대해 더 밝혀야 할 문제로 본다. 단지 난자는 성숙분렬을 위한 활성을 갖는데 난자자체의 구성성분 즉 난황물질의 양에 크게 좌우되는 것같으며 또한 난자가 배양될 안전방의 환경요인이 성숙률을 결정하는 데 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 보인다.

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