Siloton Wins £8.4M Innovate UK Contract to Develop Handheld OCT Eye Imaging
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Medical optical imaging company Siloton has secured a contract worth about £8.4 million ($11 million) from Innovate UK to accelerate development of its handheld eye imaging system for detecting and monitoring eye disease.
Siloton, which develops optical technology for medical imaging, has been awarded an £8.4 million ($11M) contract from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation. The contract will accelerate development of its groundbreaking handheld eye imaging system, making detection and monitoring of retinal diseases more accessible to patients. Siloton team posing with their GiraffeOCT handheld retinal imaging device. Courtesy of Siloton. The contract will specifically help Siloton accelerate the design of the in-clinic and at-home versions of its GiraffeOCT optical coherence tomography (OCT) device, as well as complete trials on both systems. Siloton expects the funding could cut the development process by up to two years. Under the...
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