SureVision, one of the 10 projects selected by IMPULSA-T 2023

The SureVision project lead by our colleague, Víctor Rodríguez López, has been one of the 10 projects selected by the Impulsa-T program, focused on the promotion and development of business ideas originated in the CSIC.

SureVision ophthalmic instrument

The core of the project is the development of a new ophthalmic instrument capable of providing a visual prescription more accurately and in less time than the traditional method, improving the patient experience, giving the clinician more time and increasing the reliability of the result. SureVision is based on a new and disruptive method, called Direct Subjective Refraction, which uses a rapid and periodic change of focus through an opto-adjustable lens and a color test, so that the task is to minimize the chromatic flicker caused by this focus change. It is the first method that does not rely on traditional letter identification to obtain the prescription. SureVision allows the prescription to be obtained 2x more accurately and 5x faster than the traditional method, where the patient performs a simple and easy to understand task autonomously.

Drastically reducing measurement time means increased access to a simple graduation in less populated areas, where the main problem is the shortage of professionals to perform the measurements. On the other hand, a reduction in patient measurement time translates into greater resource efficiency: the clinician can measure more patients and/or perform other additional tests, which are not currently performed due to lack of time, and thus provide a complete examination to detect other visual disorders. In addition, both advantages, both increased accuracy and increased time available to the practitioner, are quantifiable activities in economic terms by clinics, potentially increasing the profit obtained from a visit.

Thanks to the help of IMPULSA-T, we want to focus on the following objectives:
1) Advancing scientific and clinical knowledge of the new evaluation method.
2) Development of the first functional prototype.
3) Explore the possibilities of commercial exploitation.