Prevention of avoidable blindness using Deep Learning and Robotics

Despite significant advances in retinal imaging and treatment, avoidable blindness remains a growing public health challenge in India and other low- and middle-income regions. Conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration often progress silently and are detected late. Retinal screening today is constrained by the dependence on scarce specialists, bulky and expensive equipment, and subjective interpretation of images.

Artelus is an Indian deeptech healthcare company focused on preventing avoidable blindness by making retinal screening and diagnosis accurate, affordable, accessible, and available. The organization designs and manufactures portable, electricity-independent ophthalmic imaging devices and pairs them with AI-based retinal analytics to detect abnormalities early. Artelus has enabled large-scale impact through screening initiatives - having screened over 180,000 people and identified more than 40,000 individuals with retinal abnormalities.