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Materiale Plastice (Mater. Plast.), Year 2019, Volume 56, Issue 3, 621-624

https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241

Marcin Gacek, Jerzy Wyslocki, Joanna Gondro, Franciszek Badura, Slawomir Letkiewicz

Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic)


Abstract:
This paper presents the results of an investigation into the structure and properties of intraocular lenses (IOL) that are available on the ophthalmological market. The majority of implants of this type are based on acrylics or poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The acrylic lenses can be curled, which allows the making of just a minor incision during the associated implant surgery. The drawback of PMMA implants is their high rigidity, resulting in the need for a larger incision during the implant surgery. The benefits accrued from wearing such an implant are (1) the correction of focus for clear vision and (2) protection of the retina against UV-A radiation. X-ray diffractometry has confirmed the amorphous structure of all of the lenses investigated in this paper. The absorption and transmittance of the selected implants have been measured; differences found in the directional values of the transmittance and absorbance suggest the presence of differences in the implant coating (such as: different thickness or lack of coating on one side). It has been found that the PMMA-based implants exhibit the better properties with a level of light transmission in the visible spectrum of almost 40% and total protection against UV radiation. The acrylic implants feature lower transmittance in the visible light spectrum, and two of the investigated acrylic lenses failed to provide adequate protection against the UV radiation.


Keywords:
intraocular implants; UV-VIS; X-ray diffractometry; transmittance; UV radiation

Issue: 2019 Volume 56, Issue 3
Pages: 621-624
Publication date: 2019/9/30
https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241
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GACEK, M., WYSLOCKI, J., GONDRO, J., BADURA, F., LETKIEWICZ, S., Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic), Mater. Plast., 56(3), 2019, 621-624. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241

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Gacek M, Wyslocki J, Gondro J, Badura F, Letkiewicz S. Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic). Mater. Plast.[internet]. 2019 Jul;56(3):621-624. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241


APA 6th edition
Gacek, M., Wyslocki, J., Gondro, J., Badura, F. & Letkiewicz, S. (2019). Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic). Materiale Plastice, 56(3), 621-624. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241


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Gacek, M., Wyslocki, J., Gondro, J., Badura, F., Letkiewicz, S. (2019). 'Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic)', Materiale Plastice, 56(3), pp. 621-624. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241


IEEE
M. Gacek, J. Wyslocki, J. Gondro, F. Badura, S. Letkiewicz, "Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic)". Materiale Plastice, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 621-624, 2019. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241


Text
Marcin Gacek, Jerzy Wyslocki, Joanna Gondro, Franciszek Badura, Slawomir Letkiewicz,
Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic),
Materiale Plastice,
Volume 56, Issue 3,
2019,
Pages 621-624,
ISSN 2668-8220,
https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241.
(https://revmaterialeplastice.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5241)
Keywords: intraocular implants; UV-VIS; X-ray diffractometry; transmittance; UV radiation


RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic)
A1 - Gacek, Marcin
A2 - Wyslocki, Jerzy
A3 - Gondro, Joanna
A4 - Badura, Franciszek
A5 - Letkiewicz, Slawomir
JF - Materiale Plastice
JO - Mater. Plast.
PB - Materiale Plastice SRL
SN - 2668-8220
Y1 - 2019
VL - 56
IS - 3
SP - 621
EP - 624
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241
KW - intraocular implants; UV-VIS
KW - X-ray diffractometry; transmittance
KW - UV radiation
ER -


BibTex
@article{MatPlast2019P621,
author = {Gacek Marcin and Wyslocki Jerzy and Gondro Joanna and Badura Franciszek and Letkiewicz Slawomir},
title = {Structure and Selected Properties of Intraocular Implants (PMMA, Acrylic)},
journal = {Materiale Plastice},
volume = {56},
number = {3},
pages = {621-624},
year = {2019},
issn = {2668-8220},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/MP.19.3.5241},
url = {https://revmaterialeplastice.ro/Articles.asp?ID=5241}
}


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