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Volume 9 Issue 2 (February, 2021)

Case Reports

Customized Lubricating Eye Prosthesis - A Case Report
Mesari Koteswara Rao, K. Krishna Kishore, M. Suresh Babu, J. Ravi Rakesh Dev, H. Koteswara Rao

Loss of an eye is an emotional and psychological problem to the human being. An ocular prosthesis was fabricated to restore the lost anatomical structure and to correct the defect of the anophtholmic sockets. The tear reflexes do not function at optimal levels in anophthalmic sockets which make prosthesis wear uncomfortable. In this case report presents an innovative hollow ocular prosthesis with functional lubricant reservoir which upon normal blinking would draw the lubricant from the reservoir through an exit hole by the blinking action creates capillary pressure which spreads over the prosthesis allowing a comfortable and long duration of prosthesis wear. Keywords: Anophtholmic sockets, lubrication, capillary pressure, ocular prosthesis

 
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