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Remote Intervention and Control
of Laser Based Procedures
Our project ―Remote Intervention and Control of
Laser Based Procedures‖ is aimed to decrease the
prevalence of eye diseases in rural areas by
enhancing PRP procedure in Tele-Opthamology
with remote control procedure.
The main idea was born with intention of helping
those people who really needs such help but not
having enough opportunity or exposure to it.
―Engineering the Eye‖ is an initiative to
bring all members of the healthcare community
together under one roof, providing a unique
opportunity for innovators to contribute towards
healthcare.
Basically the method used here is Pan Retinal
Photocoagulation which stops vessels on the
retina from leaking. During this procedure, a
special laser is used to make tiny burns that seals
the retina and stops blood vessels from growing
and leaking. Cameras are setup in front of the
patient to know the condition of the eye and a
live video of different scenes are telecasted to
doctor through OBS Software. According to
condition of the patient, doctor will spot the
places which are to be treated with laser. A G-
code will be automatically generated and this
code will run the system to move the laser in X,Y
& Z directions. A Laser is fixed on the camera
and an Aurdino ATmega microcontroller is used
to move the camera in different directions. The
whole information from the patient is stored in a
packet and it is delivered to the doctor only if
complete information is retrieved from the
system so that even if there is an internet
problem, doctor can continue the treatment as he
gets complete information at once.
Doctor will be keeping a reference point so that if
the patient moves away or towards the reference
point the equipment before the system is
automatically stopped. In this way doctor can
remotely control the laser operation of a patient
from anywhere in the world.
Ch.Manaswini,III Yr, ECE
M.Sreeja, III Yr, ECE
By presenting this idea our team received the
prize for ―first runner up‖
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“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.” - Oprah Winfrey
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