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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1971;10:539-543.)
© 1971 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.

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Theory and Calibration of the Schiøtz Tonometer

II. The Resistance of the Cornea to Deformation

ROBERT A. MOSES 1 and WALTER J. GRODZKI 1

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Saint Louis, Mo. 63110

The resistance of the human cornea to indentation was measured by comparing the actual force used to that predicted from intraocular pressure and the area of the indentation base and by direct measurement on isolated corneas. The bending force increased with indentation depth at a rate of 1 Gm. per millimeter indentation. Viscoelastic behavior of the corneea was noted.

Key Words: Schiøtz tonometer • corneal resistance to deformation • corneal bending forces • viscoelastic behavior of cornea

Submitted on March 10, 1971
Accepted on June 10, 1971






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