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Portable Device to generate corrective lens prescriptions in 10 seconds

2,991 views · Published 11 January 2018 · 1:45 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Rajamanickam Antonimuthu · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Vision impairment is a major global issue. More than 2 billion people worldwide don’t have access to corrective lenses.

Getting eyeglasses prescriptions is especially difficult in developing countries. Optometrists are generally located in urban centers and rarely see patients from rural areas, so many people suffer from uncorrected impairments. According to the World Health Organization, this can lead to impaired quality of life, learning difficulties, and lost employment opportunities and finances.

Now MIT spinout PlenOptika aims to correct this issue with a highly accurate, portable autorefractor that measures refractive errors of the eye and produces estimated prescriptions in 10 seconds. Moreover, it’s more affordable than the current technology, with the potential to reach patients in previously inaccessible areas of developing countries.

After six years of development, eight product iterations, and several clinical studies with a total of 1,500 patients across five countries, the device, called QuickSee, has hit the market in India.

QuickSee resembles a pair of large binoculars. In about 10 seconds, the device displays a prescription estimate on the digital screen.
A binocular model, which measures both eyes at once, costs about a third the price of traditional autorefractors

News Source:  http://news.mit.edu/2018/startup-plenoptika-vision-care-developing-world-0111

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