Scientists and engineers at the Fundación Markoptic in Culiacán, Mexico and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, have fabricated a novel 3D printed microvalve device that could reduce the effects of glaucoma.

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They used Nanoscribe ’s 3D printer to create a complex microvalve that is only 300 µm in diameter. Glaucoma is the world’s second cause of irreversible blindness after cataracts. The World Health Organization estimates that 4.5 million people worldwide are blind due to glaucoma. In some cases, glaucoma is a condition caused by increased pressure in the eye, damaging the optic nerve. This nerve transfers information from the retina, the light-sensitive layer in the eye, to the brain.

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Over a long period of time, the damage of the optic nerve would gradually cause the loss of vision. To tackle this condition, researchers from the Fundación Markoptic developed a microscopic device that could reduce the […]

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