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ITRI and Excelsius Medical Collaborate on High-Precision Ophthalmic Technology

ITRI and Excelsius Medical Collaborate signed an OCM technology transfer agreement on July 22, 2020.
ITRI and Excelsius Medical Collaborate signed an OCM technology transfer agreement on July 22, 2020.

The aging population in combination with the extensive use of electronic devices has led to an increase in eye disorders and diseases such as myopia, cataracts, and glaucoma. To provide more advanced eye surgery solutions, high-end ophthalmic surgery devices manufacturer Excelsius Medical incorporated minimally invasive femtosecond lasers to develop Small Incision Lenticule Extraction technology and licensed the OCM (Optical Coherence Microscopy) technology for optical biopsy of eye tissue from ITRI. This novel combination enables the world’s first simultaneous viewing of corneal cross-sectional images during surgery, making Excelsius Medical a gold winner of the Innovation Award at the Taipei Biotech Awards in 2018 and the Emerging Company of the Year in 2020 honored by the Taiwan Bio Industry Organization Awards. ITRI and Excelsius Medical will further their collaboration on the development of the OCM-embedded multi-functional high-precision ophthalmic system.