Title :
Design of an enhanced orbital prosthetic fabrication for effective exenterated eye socket restoration
Author :
Srivastava, Kailash ; Anish, S. Joy ; John, Jomy ; Salma Begum, F. ; Ghosh, Debashis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Alpha Coll. of Eng., Chennai, India
Abstract :
The aim of this project is to make prosthetics for those who have lost their eyes due to an accident, disease, or genetic disorder. The goal of this project is to help people who have an absence of facial tissue by restoring their appearance and giving them greater self-confidence. The problem with the current prosthetics is that they are completely static, which breaks the illusion of realism whenever the patient blinks. This project aims to be able to synchronize the mechanism to blink at the same time like a healthy human eye. This will further increase the realism of the prosthesis. It also aims to devise a blinking ocular prosthesis, which can be synchronized with a healthy eye using a LED/photodiode system due to its ease of use, safety, cost effectiveness and durability. The entire system is proposed to be wireless.
Keywords :
diseases; durability; eye; light emitting diodes; medical disorders; photodiodes; prosthetics; synchronisation; tissue engineering; LED-photodiode system; accident; blinking ocular prosthesis; disease; durability; effective exenterated eye socket restoration; enhanced orbital prosthetic fabrication design; facial tissue restoring; genetic disorder; healthy human eye; patient blinking; synchronization; wireless system; Auditory system; Batteries; Educational institutions; Lead; Light emitting diodes; Photodiodes; Genetic disorder; LED; Ocular; Photodiode system; Prosthetics; Wireless;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagercoil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4921-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICCPCT.2013.6529030