The use of a low-cost portable camera with embedded AI system and mydriasis (when necessary), achieved suitable images in 90% of cases in a real-world setting with limited resources.

Doctor Marcos Christiano Lange Uses the Portable Retinal Camera for Screening and Follow-up.

Artificial Intelligence developed by Phelcom will assist doctors in diagnosing retinal diseases.

Phelcom has been present at the biggest ophthalmology events in the United States, such as Vision Expo East, ARVO and ASCRS. Check out our schedule for the second semester.

New Data Protection Law previews high fines in cases of sensitive data leakage. Phelcom online platform uses the best practices in data security. Learn more.

The country, a reference in innovation, has one of the most challenging regulatory processes in the world for the entry of foreign technologies. Now, the portable retinal camera developed and produced by Phelcom Technologies will be commercialized in five countries.

In early 2019, a colleague introduced the Phelcom Eyer smartdevice to ophthalmologist and retina specialist Gustavo Melo. Coupled to a smartphone, the device carries out high-quality fundus exams, in few minutes and without need of pupil dilation.  It connects to an...

For one of the most renowned Ophthalmologists in Brazil, technology is fundamental in primary care because it allows the detection of eye diseases in a faster, simpler and cost-effective way.  For 20 years, Ophthalmologist Rubens Belfort Jr. has been looking for...

A research carried out in two referral centers for covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) identified alteration in the retina of patients hospitalized in serious condition. The study occurred in May 2020, in the clinical hospitals Mario Lioni and from Jacarepaguá, and was...

During the XIX Caipira Congress, in June 2029, in Bauru (SP), the ophthalmologist Flávio Augusto Schiave Germano met the newly released smart device Phelcom Eyer. Coupled to a smartphone, the device carries out high-quality fundus exams, in few minutes and without...

Phelcom Eyer is one winner of the renowned World Summit Awards (WSA) 2020, in the category Health & Well-Being. The global award recognizes the digital innovation that contributes to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGS). On the whole,...

During a congress in Natal, RN, Brazil, in 2018, ophthalmologist Hélio Roberto de Melo Lima met the proposal for an innovative equipment for retina exams: Phelcom Eyer. The handheld fundus camera works attached to a smartphone with a high-resolution camera. Therefore,...

Doctors' daily routines, with medical assistance and surgeries in hospitals, as well as care in their own clinics, may be quite distressing. Moreover, other appointments leave these professionals an even tighter schedule. For example, home visits to patients, business...

Startup presented the importance of democratizing access to ophthalmology examinations in the global fight against blindness.