Siloton
London and Bristol company developing a handheld eye scanner.
Siloton develops photonic chips for optical coherence tomography, an imaging technique used in eye care. Founded in 2020, it aims to make scanners small enough for wider use outside specialist settings.
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Siloton is a Bristol medical technology company developing photonic chips for optical coherence tomography, or OCT. The technique is used in eye imaging. Siloton's approach brings optical elements that would otherwise require separate mirrors, lenses and fibre optics onto a small chip, reducing the space occupied by the underlying hardware. [Company profile](https://Siloton.com/about/)
Founded in 2020, the company is developing an ophthalmic OCT system intended for use in clinics, community settings and homes. Its work combines chip technology with the wider requirements of a portable scanner. It also supplies development kits so other developers can explore uses for its OCT chips. The planned settings describe the company's development goals, rather than a claim that every proposed use has regulatory approval.
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