This company develops advanced visualization and interaction technologies for medical procedures, focusing on ophthalmic surgery. Their research centers on integrating intraoperative imaging like OCT with virtual reality and auditory feedback systems to enhance surgeon perception and performance. They create tools for real-time pose tracking and context-aware visualization to support robotic-assisted vitreoretinal surgery.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Vitreoretinal surgeons often rely on limited 2D visual cues and fragmented intraoperative imaging, which increases cognitive load and hampers precise manipulation during delicate procedures. Existing training tools lack realistic feedback and integration of high‑resolution OCT data, making skill acquisition and intra‑operative decision‑making inefficient. Consequently, both patient outcomes and the scalability of advanced ophthalmic surgery training suffer.
Solution
SynthesEyes delivers a machine‑learning‑driven VR platform that fuses intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) with immersive visual and auditory feedback to enhance surgeon perception. The system generates synthetic OCT datasets and realistic tissue deformation models, enabling high‑fidelity rehearsal of vitreoretinal interventions. Real‑time 4D OCT visualization and auditory cues (the “ocular stethoscope”) provide multimodal situational awareness without additional hardware. Integrated pose‑tracking algorithms deliver accurate trocar localization for robot‑assisted surgery, while uncertainty‑aware visualizations support human supervision of autonomous sub‑retinal injections. By combining these technologies, the platform reduces cognitive load, accelerates skill transfer, and supports data‑driven intra‑operative guidance.
Target Audience
Primary users are vitreoretinal surgeons and ophthalmic residency programs seeking advanced simulation and intra‑operative guidance, as well as medical device companies developing robotic eye‑surgery solutions. Research institutions focused on ophthalmic imaging and AI‑driven surgical assistance also benefit from the platform.
Features
- VR surgical simulator with live 4D OCT overlay and synchronized auditory feedback for enhanced depth perception
- Physics‑encoded graph neural networks that predict tissue deformation under instrument contact in real time
- Colibri5 monocular 5‑DoF trocar pose tracking for precise robot‑assisted instrument navigation
- Uncertainty‑aware contextual visualization tools for supervising autonomous sub‑retinal injection workflows
- Intelligent Virtual B‑Scan Mirror (IVBM) that dynamically aligns virtual OCT slices with surgeon viewpoint
- Semantic Virtual Shadows (SVS) to improve perception of instrument‑tissue interactions in 4D OCT‑guided surgery
- Synthetic OCT data generation pipeline for training machine‑learning models and expanding limited clinical datasets
- Open APIs for integration with existing robotic platforms and surgical navigation systems