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European Project in Deeptech and Medical Devices
Graphene-based Artificial Iris for Active Light Management in a Smart Contact Lens
European COMMISSION FUNDED Project in Deeptech AND MEDICAL DEVICES
Explore the Future of Medical Devices with Graphene Layers
Imagine contact lenses that not only improve your vision but adapt to your environment! That’s the future we’re building at GAIA, a European collaboration pioneering the next generation of smart contact lenses. Our project utilizes revolutionary graphene technology to create an artificial iris that automatically adjusts, enhancing your sight and potentially improving the lives of millions. This innovation tackles unmet medical needs by offering features like automatic light adaptation and improved depth perception. By combining expertise from leading companies and research centers, we’re on the verge of creating a product that’s both futuristic and life-changing. Join us on this journey as we reshape the future of vision care!
Meet the team
Project Manager – R&D Eng @ Azalea Vision
Dr. Laura Astoreca Alvarez
PhD in thin films and hermetic barrier layers of smart medical devices with focus on MEMS technologies
Project Lead – Senior researcher @ ICN2
Elena Del Corro
PhD in chemistry with expertise in thin films. ERC consolidator grant 2023
Research Lead – CTO @ Azalea Vision
Prof. Dr. Andrés Vásquez Quintero
+15 years experience in R&D and 6 patents focused on stretchable and flexible electronics for medical devices
Research Lead – Professor @ ICN2
Prof. Dr. Jose Garrido
+20 years experience in physics and 2D materials with focus on graphene. Coordinator within the Graphene Flagship project
Bussiness Lead – CEO @ Azalea Vision
Enrique Vega
+25 years experience in startups and medical devices with emphasis in partners, investors and shareholders
Discover Our Project
Join the Graphene Revolution
Learn about our deeptech smart contact lens with Graphene layers
Azalea Vision operates at the forefront of MedTech innovation creating smart, user-friendly solutions for eye care. Founded in July 2021, Azalea Vision is a spin-off from imec and Ghent University and has received support from VLAIO, as well as from MedTech, HealthTech and DeepTech investors like imec.xpand, Elaia Partners, Sensinnovat, and Shigeru. The company is led by a seasoned team with experience across start-ups, R&D, and clinical research.
We are dedicated to revolutionizing eye care through our smart contact lens technology. By addressing diverse visual challenges, from keratoconus to presbyopia and photophobia, we commit to provide adaptive, effective, and accessible solutions for a brighter, clearer tomorrow. Looking Forward!
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The Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2) is dedicated to the development of knowledge, materials and devices in the wide field of health, energy, nvironment and the technologies of computers and ommunications. Its experience is in the nanoscale where new properties and interactions, as well as ways of using them in the daily life, are constantly being discovered. Amongst its goals are reuniting scientific personnel with different competences in the look for a better science, a better teaching and a higher impact on society, at the same time it explores new ways of interacting with local and global industries.
The institute was credited as a Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa in 2014 and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades renovated this prize in 2018 and 2023. Amongst its patrons are the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), where the institute is placed. ICN2 is a CERCA centre and also one of the founding members of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).