Diabetes Detection
Digital Healthcare called on CDP’s expertise in opto-mechanics. Just 8 months later, a range of Ophthalmic Digital Adaptors was in production and software sales rocketed.
If diabetes is detected early, sufferers can act to avoid its life-threatening complications. Pioneering UK start-up, Digital Healthcare, recognised that simple early detection via imaging of the eye’s retina could save millions of lives. They had sophisticated retinal imaging software, but sales were blocked by a lack of hardware to collect the high quality images required from ophthalmologists Fundus cameras.
CDP’s adaptor connects any digital SLR camera to a range of popular Fundus cameras. CDP achieved the “gold standard” of diffraction-limited optics, capturing the highest quality digital images, preserving resolution for processing. Digital Healthcare’s system is now screening over half a million people annually worldwide.
Skills Deployed
•Optical modelling and optimisation
•Precision mechanism engineering
•Project management from brief to pilot production
Technical Highlights
•High quality diffraction-limited lens assemblies
•Precision lens-changing mechanisms
•Electrical interface between DSLR and Fundus camera
