From a frugal smartphone technique to a commercial Make-in-India device — and a suture-sparing graft method built for high-volume centres.
A slit-lamp–independent way to image the anterior chamber angle with a smartphone and goniolens — usable upright or supine, suited to outreach camps, tele-consultation, and patient education. Published in Journal of Glaucoma as a novel glaucoma screening adjunct.
Read Journal of Glaucoma paper →The standardised, commercially produced form of DIGS — a universal smartphone adapter and goniolens holder (2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-mirror) by MII RetCam Inc., Coimbatore. Rapid panoramic angle screening without a slit lamp. Patent application 202031022334 (Indian Patent Office).
Read the EyeToday story → Watch on YouTube ↗Conjunctival autograft fixation using hemocoagulase (Botropase) to form a fibrin matrix at the graft–host interface — surgical times comparable to fibrin glue at a fraction of the cost (~USD 3/vial; ~95% savings vs glue), with excellent graft stability in an initial series. Built for high-volume and resource-conscious centres.
Read the BOT-Graft paper →Surgical demos and talks: youtube.com/@docnilesh
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