• Study on Functional Soft Contact Lenses with Blue Light Reducing Capability

  • Junseok Lee , Dae Gyu Song*, Hong Jin Choi† and Jeong Koo Kim†

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyeongnam 50834, Korea
    *Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyeongnam 50834, Korea

  • 청색광 감소 기능성 소프트 콘택트렌즈에 관한 연구

  • 이준석 · 송대규* · 최홍진† · 김정구†

  • 인제대학교 의공학과, *인제대학교 산학협력단

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(6): 846-854

    Published online Nov 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.6.846
  • Received on Sep 15, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 29, 2025
  • Accepted on Oct 17, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Hong Jin Choi and Jeong Koo Kim

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyeongnam 50834, Korea

  • E-mail: hjchoi@inje.ac.kr, jkkim@inje.ac.kr