AI Ophthalmic Robot for Comprehensive Eye Disease Screening

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current artificial intelligence eye disease screening systems are limited in their ability to intelligently screen for diseases of the whole eye, from the ocular anterior segment to the ocular posterior segment, and require professional personnel to operate, making them inefficient and inaccessible in regions lacking ophthalmologists.

Innovation Solution

An artificial intelligence eye disease screening and diagnostic system based on an ophthalmic robot, utilizing a deep learning algorithm like DenseNet121, which enables the robot to perform comprehensive eye disease screening and diagnosis, automatically focus on different parts of the eye, perform optometry, and detect corneal curvature without professional operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If an artificial intelligence eye disease screening system is developed to screen for fundus lesions or ocular surface diseases, then the diagnostic capability for specific eye regions is improved, but the system cannot screen for diseases of the whole eye from the ocular anterior segment to the ocular posterior segment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnostic capability for specific eye regionsVSAvoidcomprehensive eye screening capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates multiple imaging modules (anterior segment imaging module and fundus imaging module) into a single automated ophthalmic imaging system that can perform comprehensive screening of the entire eye, including the ocular anterior segment, ocular surface, and ocular posterior segment, making the system universal for all eye region diagnostics

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Measurement precision

If an artificial intelligence eye disease screening system is developed, then the diagnostic capability is improved, but the device still requires professional personnel to operate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnostic capabilityVSAvoidoperation requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates automated eye positioning analysis, automatic focus adjustment, and intelligent image quality monitoring that enable the device to perform comprehensive eye screening without requiring professional ophthalmologist operation, making it accessible for use by non-specialist personnel in regions lacking ophthalmologists

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If manual examination by an ophthalmologist using a slit lamp or an ophthalmoscope is used, then the diagnostic accuracy is maintained, but the screening process is time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediagnostic accuracyVSAvoidscreening efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical examination process with an automated robotic system that uses deep learning algorithms (DenseNet121) for image analysis, enabling the system to automatically capture, analyze, and diagnose eye diseases across all segments, thereby maintaining diagnostic accuracy comparable to ophthalmologists while dramatically improving screening efficiency and productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentEP4014833B1Artificial intelligence eye disease screening and diagnostic system based on ophthalmic robot
Publication Date: 2025.02.12 NING BO EYE HOSPITAL
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AI summary

An artificial intelligence eye disease screening and diagnostic system based on an ophthalmic robot, comprising a human eye positioning analysis module, an image information collection module, an AI picture quality monitoring module, an eye disease analysis and diagnosis module, a data storage management module, and an execution control module. The system can replace ophthalmologists to perform eye disease diagnosis tasks in regions lacking ophthalmologists, and assists the ophthalmologists in eye disease screening and diagnosis in large hospitals with a large number of patients, thus improving diagnosis efficiency.