GenioPEN Makes Glaucoma Tests More Comfortable

Apr-07-18 The GenioPEN pen-shaped camera can detect glaucoma with less contact to the eye.

Typically, testing for glaucoma requires holding a small scope against the patient’s eye for about fifteen minutes, which is uncomfortable for the patient and does not generate images that can be saved.

As a better alternative, the team from Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Eye Research Institute created the GenioPEN, which requires minimal contact at the cornea to capture digital images for four perspectives in just three minutes. The images can then be examined by the doctor, with some software assistance available, to help determine the patient’s type of glaucoma.

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