Centre for Technology and Innovation

CFTI is LVPEI’s innovation arm that brings together the expertise of eye care specialists, engineers, product designers, and other institutions to kick-start a new fly-wheel of eye care technologies.

Key products

Folding Foropter

The Folding Foropter is an innovative, cost-effective refraction tool designed for portability & accuracy. Built to address the constraints of space, mobility, and affordability, this device empowers professionals to conduct comprehensive eye tests anywhere, from clinics to outreach programs.

Watch the video

SPARC

The Simplified Peripheral Ancillary Refraction Component (SPARC) is a guiding tool for the clinician to perform retinoscopy based peripheral refraction on the eye from the accurate angle to detect relative peripheral refractive errors. It is simple, easy-to-use, lightweight and portable.

Read about it

Fittle

Fittle is a 3D-printed Braille puzzle. It is a new way for the blind and visually impaired to learn Braille, construct words, and understand the shapes of objects. Fittle models are open source and can be 3D-printed at almost no cost.

Watch the video

Pediatric Perimeter

The pediatric perimeter is a device used to quantify the visual field extent (VFE) of babies to test the extremities of an infant’s visual field. For years, the lack of this data this resulted in late diagnosis and possible visual impairments later in life. PediPeri is now Bavis.

Open indirect Ophthalmoscope

The open indirect ophthalmoscope is an ultra low cost portable screening device for retinal diseases and glaucoma. It captures high resolution images which are married to the latest in machine learning models to derive usable data for doctors to use.