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PlenOptika is an American medical device company that develops handheld devices for measuring refractive error, including portable autorefractors and keratometers. The company has been profiled by independent business, science, and technology outlets for its work on portable vision-testing technology intended for use both inside and outside traditional eye-care clinics.[1][2] PlenOptika has received industry recognition, including the SPIE Prism Award and the SILMO d’Or, and its technology has been used in spaceflight-related vision research, including studies conducted during the Polaris Dawn mission.[3][4]
History
editPlenOptika emerged from the Madrid–MIT M+Visión Consortium, an international medical-device innovation program. The company was founded by Nicholas Durr, Daryl Lim, Shivang R. Dave, and Eduardo Lage, who participated in the consortium’s first cohort beginning in 2011.[2][5]
Early coverage described PlenOptika’s goal of addressing unmet need for vision care in low-resource settings by developing portable diagnostic devices that could be used by non-specialists.[1]
Products
editPlenOptika develops handheld vision-testing devices intended to support objective refraction measurements in clinical and community-based settings. Independent trade publications have described the company’s work as part of a broader trend toward portable and lower-cost vision-testing technologies.[6][3]
The flagship, and discontinued, QuickSee device was designed for open-view, binocular refraction measurements. Since 2023, the core of PlenOptika's product focus has been the QuickSee Free device, a handheld autorefractor designed for open-view, monocular refraction measurements using wavefront aberrometry, for use in clinical settings and in the field. Building off QuickSee Free technology, the QuickSee Free Pro device combines autorefraction with keratometry into a single device.
PlenOptika’s devices are designed to enable refraction measurements in environments where conventional desktop equipment may be impractical or unavailable.[6]
Clinical evaluation and research
editPlenOptika’s devices and earlier prototypes have been evaluated in multiple peer-reviewed studies examining the accuracy and usability of portable autorefractors in adult and pediatric populations. These studies have compared refraction results obtained using portable devices with those from subjective clinical refraction and conventional desktop autorefractors, including evaluations conducted in low-resource and community-based settings.[7][8]
Additional studies have reported on the use of portable autorefractors in school-based screening programs and pediatric populations, including research conducted in Brazil, India, and other regions with limited access to eye-care services.[9]
Spaceflight-related research
editPlenOptika’s technology has been used in spaceflight-related vision research through collaborations involving the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) with the goal of growing scientific knowledge about the effects of microgravity on sight while demonstrating that remotely trained non-professionals working in challenging conditions can perform measurements reliably.[4]
In 2024, PlenOptika autorefractor was used during the Polaris Dawn mission as part of research into Spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome, including measurement of astronauts’ refractive error during spaceflight.[10]
Awards and recognition
editPlenOptika and its products have received industry recognition from optics and medical-device organizations. In 2022, the company was named a winner of the SPIE Prism Awards for biomedical devices.[11]
In 2023, QuickSee Free (listed as “SAARGOS – Quicksee Free – PlenOptika”) was named a winner of the SILMO d’Or awards.[12]
PlenOptika co-founder and chief executive officer Shivang R. Dave has also received individual recognition, including selection to the Meaningful Business 100 list in 2024 and recognition as a Diamond Award honoree by the University of Washington College of Engineering.[13][14]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "This Handheld Device Can Give You an Eye Exam in Seconds". Bloomberg. November 20, 2017.
- 1 2 "Startup aims to make vision care more accessible in developing world". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- 1 2 Walter, Kenny (2018-01-11). "Portable Eye Test Provides Prescriptions in Seconds". Research & Development World. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- 1 2 Cowing, Keith (2023-08-09). "What Do Space Flight, U.N. Development Goals, And Eye Charts Have In Common?". SpaceRef. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ "From M+Visión to Reality: PlenOptika – MIT linQ". linq.mit.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- 1 2 Kirsh, Danielle (2018-01-11). "This startup is bringing vision care to developing countries". Medical Design and Outsourcing. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ Durr, Nicholas J; Dave, Shivang R; Lim, Daryl; Joseph, Sanil; Ravilla, Thulasiraj D; Lage, Eduardo (2019-06-14). "Quality of eyeglass prescriptions from a low-cost wavefront autorefractor evaluated in rural India: results of a 708-participant field study". BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 4 (1): e000225. doi:10.1136/bmjophth-2018-000225. ISSN 2397-3269. PMC 6579572. PMID 31276029.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link) - ↑ Rubio, Marcos; Hernández, Carlos S.; Seco, Enrique; Perez-Merino, Pablo; Casares, Ignacio; Dave, Shivang R.; Lim, Daryl; Durr, Nicholas J.; Lage, Eduardo (2019-10-01). "Validation of an Affordable Handheld Wavefront Autorefractor". Optometry and Vision Science. 96 (10): 726–732. doi:10.1097/OPX.0000000000001427. ISSN 1538-9235. PMID 31592955.
- ↑ Gil, Andrea; Hernández, Carlos S.; Pérez-Merino, Pablo; Rubio, Marcos; Velarde, Gonzalo; Abellanas-Lodares, María; Román-Daza, Ángeles; Alejandre, Nicolás; Jiménez-Alfaro, Ignacio; Casares, Ignacio; Dave, Shivang R.; Lim, Daryl; Lage, Eduardo (2020-10-28). Mohan, Rajiv R. (ed.). "Assesment of the QuickSee wavefront autorefractor for characterizing refractive errors in school-age children". PLOS ONE. 15 (10): e0240933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240933. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7592806. PMID 33112912.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link) - ↑ Hutton, David (2026-02-10). "Polaris Program enlists professors to study vision changes in astronauts | Ophthalmology Times - Clinical Insights for Eye Specialists". www.ophthalmologytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ "Winners". spie.org. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ "Winners, nominees & jury of the SILMO d'Or 2023 - SILMO Awards". www.silmoparis.com. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ "2024 MB100". Meaningful Business. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ↑ "2024 Honorees". UW College of Engineering. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
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