Ongoing Innovation: From ARGOS® to ARGONAUT

MOVU’s powerful combination of advanced photonics technology and Multi-Modal Deep Learning helps leading eye care experts diagnose eye diseases and disorders earlier.

ARGOS® SS-OCT Biometer

ARGONAUT

Superior Precision and Ease

The SS-OCT Biometer ARGOS® Optical Biometer is designed to maximize the clinician’s ease-of-use while delivering superior precision. In clinical trials, this non-invasive, non-contact optical biometer outperformed its competitors.

ARGOS® streamlines the process of acquiring biometric parameters and delivers:

The highest success rate and accuracy, even among the densest of cataracts

Precise ocular biometry for accurate selection of IOLs featuring True Axial length with segmented calculation

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Best-in-class OCT Biometer delivers the highest success rate, even among the densest of cataracts.

Highly Successful

ARGOS® outperformed the competition in clinical trials of dense cataracts. The OCT technique used in ARGOS® provides 100x greater sensitivity over other light-based biometers.

Accurate

Intuitive 2D OCT imaging provides high confidence in accuracy. Using the reflected image from a ring of 16 IR LEDs in combination with the OCT signal provides accurate corneal curvature results.

Fast

Image acquisition for biometry and keratometry takes less than 1 second. ARGOS® captures 6 images in less than a second and outputs
3 sets of results with calculated average and standard deviation values.

ARGONAUT makes true whole-eye imaging a reality. Using the world’s first implementation of tunable VCSEL based Swept Source OCT system, ARGONAUT integrates seven main modalities.

For the first time in history, a single sequence measures:

Biometry
Keratometry
Topography
Anterior segment

Fundus imaging
Retinal OCT
OCT angiography

Once the data is captured, ARGONAUT's Multi-Modal Deep Learning algorithm consolidates the data/images into accurate diagnostic information.

ARGONAUT is not yet FDA cleared to market.

Proprietary Technology:

Tunable VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser)

Unprecedented speed and flexibility. Co-developed by Tokyo Institute of Technology, tunable VCSEL enables imaging modality transformation in one device. Vertical integration from optical components enhances reliability and performance.

How it Works

Best-in-class performance. Patented two-aperture design ensures best-in-class performance for all seven modalities. All measurements are done in a single sequence.

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Multi-Modal Deep Learning

Make diagnoses from multiple images. AI/deep learning improves image processing and enables classification of issues using multiple images.

Simple UI and Comprehensive Reporting

Creating better care plans. Streamlined workflow and comprehensive multi-facet report helps coordinate better care plans. User-interfaces also empowers the virtual care setting between exam room and remote clinician.

FAQ

VCSEL is the special laser emitting light from the chip surface contrary to those emitting light from the edge of the diode. We integrate VCSEL with MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical System) to make it a wavelength-tunable/swept operation. The device is the heart of ARGONAUT enabling long imaging range and adjustability for multi-modal imaging with just one laser.

Multi-Modal Deep Learning is an advanced algorithm that processes multiple modals as well as parameters, data from different imaging modalities. Diagnostic information can be linked between different symptoms and signs in different data and images. Beyond diagnosing a single disease, this provides more useful, accurate health conditions and diagnosis for early care management. ARGONAUT uses Multi-Modal Deep Learning to become a single source of big data for early diagnosis as well as the ultimate tool for developing a new interdisciplinary research field.

While tunable VCSEL supports multiple-imaging modalities by switching the speed and range, state-of-the-art optical systems are carefully designed to provide best image quality for each modality sharing a single tunable VCSEL. A smooth transition supports easy measurements and a seamless workflow for both patients and users.