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OptiOpia, Inc.
Affordable Technology for Eyecare
OptiOpia's mission is to improve detection, correction
and prevention of visual loss due to uncorrected
refractive error. "Uncorrected refractive error" refers to
near-sightedness (myopia), far-sightedness
(hyperopia), and astigmatism, including the far-sightedness associated with
age (presbyopia). We are developing products to make and sell on a for-
profit business basis.
The first product addresses the greatest obstacle, the lack of trained
optometrists, ophthalmologists and special-purpose "refractionists" who can
perform an exam to figure out whether someone needs corrective lenses
and if so to figure out the right prescription (specification of the optical
characteristics of corrective lenses). The auto-refractor allows a pretty good
estimate of the right lenses to be made, thus speeding the eye exam of the
trained practitioner and allowing the less skilled to do a good job, too. The
OptiOpia auto-refractor adds to the existing, mature, well-understood
product category a device that is a break-through in cost, usability and
public health value, a device tailored to the needs of emerging markets.
The second product is an innovative lens molder, to enable on-the-spot
custom manufacture of good quality basic plastic spectacle lenses.
Together, the OptiOpia auto-refractor and lens molder will make the world's
most compact optician's shop — suitable for the back of the motorcycle of a
mobile entrepreneur or a kiosk within a larger retail outlet (e.g., a
"drugstore" selling health and cosmetics, sunglasses and reading glasses,
etc.).
Overview of Business Path
With lower risk, we will achieve break-even by selling to traditional eyecare
customers through existing distribution channels; then, greater profits will
be achieved by extending the primary eyecare market in countries such as
Mexico, Brazil, India, China, etc. that are aptly named "emerging markets,"
where a billion people need glasses and don't have them.
Auto-refractor
More affordable: US MSRP < $2,500 (Cost of Goods Sold < $200)
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-- Portable
'fr• "See-through" design for superior accommodative stability &
monocular subjective refraction
• Ruggedized (against dust, shock, humidity) & low-maintenance
• Ideal for vision screening of children & everyday refractive service
Great for mobile clinics, 2nd offices, schools & developing countries
Lens molder
OptiOpia is developing an innovative, patented lens-making system. It
produces single-vision prescription plastic (UV-curable & thermoplastic)
lenses, from a compact, computer-printer-sized device. The lens molder
will eliminate complex distribution systems by producing lenses on site, on
demand, in five minutes. The molder will deliver convenience and speed,
yet reduce the need for working capital and training (human capital).
Chairman & Founder — Saul Griffith, PhD. Inventor. MacArthur Fellow
2007 ("genius grant"). Founder of several other technology ventures; Ex-
CEO, Makani Power.
President & Founder - David Grosof, PhD, MBA. Ophthalmology
professor, Washington University Medical School (St. Louis); Founder,
Foundation for Vision Science.
Tel: 415.846.3210
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82 21d St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
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