Opticare.ai is a Seattle-based AI healthtech startup that builds AI-powered health evaluation systems that rapidly and accurately diagnose dozens of diseases and medical conditions at low cost and with minimal assistance. Our flagship offering is a portable, low-cost eye camera that can painlessly and non-invasively generate health reports with no training required. Using LLMs like GPT-4 and Med-Palm2, we also collaborate with experts to offer recommendations and wellness improvement plans.
Most comprehensive health assessments are invasive: they require a sample of body tissue or fluids obtained through puncturing the skin or through a messy stool or saliva sample. Often these samples must be sent to a lab for analysis, which can require days or weeks for results.
The eyes are different. It's the one part of the body where the blood vessels are directly visible. The optic nerve is directly visible as well. In other words, the eyes are the only part of the body that offer a direct, non-invasive view of both the circulatory system and the nervous system.
Opticare's AI algorithms rely on high-resolution photography to see those blood vessels and nerve endings in detail. We also rely on an extremely large (millions) data set of real humans from around the world who have had their fundus photos taken and labeled with various characteristics including age, sex, and disease state.
Using those millions of labeled images, we trained a sophisticated deep learning algorithm that can spot very subtle differences, invisible even to trained human experts. Comparing a high resolution photo of your eye to all those millions of images lets us generate a surprisingly accurate assessment of your health.
The base model comes with a QR code that you scan with your smart phone. This opens a simple intake form, where you enter basic information like name and sex. After the system sends you a confirmation code to your smartphone (or email), the camera’s voice prompts will lead you to position your head and eyes as the camera automatically positions itself for the perfect snapshot. Just follow the system prompts from the friendly AI voice that will tell you to shift your head if necessary or let you know when to rest your eyes and when the system will take the photo.
A few minutes after the photos have been taken of both eyes, your smart phone will receive a notification. Click on it to view the comprehensive health report that includes information about your health status in five key areas: metabolic, circulatory, heart, macular, and cognitive.
It's important to remember that these risk evaluations are for sample use only. The product has not been approved for diagnosis by the FDA, so please see a qualified medical professional for all medical evaluations.
Click here for a two-minute video to show how it works. Our shipping version includes a smartphone-based portal that guides a user to take a quick and painless photo of both eyes, generating an easy-to-read health report in just minutes.