Recently, Intalight (formerly known as Shwe Imaging), has successfully completed a C-round financing of over 300 million yuan led by China Life Capital and Qianhai Ark, with follow-up investments from Shenzhen Capital Group and other institutions, as well as a strategic financing of tens of millions from the industrial capital Huaxia Eye.
In 2014, Saiwei was founded in Silicon Valley, USA. The founding team has over 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley engineering, semiconductor optics, and high-end medical device development.
In 2019, Intalight launched the 200,000-speed commercial swept-source OCT; in 2020, it released a 16.2mm ultra-depth imaging product; in 2021, it introduced the 130° ultra-wide-angle OCTA; and in 2022, Intalight unveiled the "Ruyi Full-Eye OCT." Currently, it has established a system comprising anterior segment OCT, posterior segment OCT, anterior segment OCTA, and posterior segment OCTA.
Ultra-widefield OCTA disruptively achieves a single scan range of 150°, with automatic stitching exceeding 220°. Optimized by a high-speed scanning algorithm at 400,000 scans per second, ultra-widefield scanning is completed within 10 seconds. It offers posterior segment imaging depth of 12mm and anterior segment imaging depth of 16.2mm (in air), setting a new industry standard in the OCT field for larger range, faster speed, and deeper imaging. Compared to traditional OCT, it achieves 60 times the scanning volume at 5 times the speed, providing richer image information that reduces missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses, offering greater value for clinical practice and research.
At the commercial level, the number of Intalight OCT devices installed in China has exceeded 200, with more than 75 units in national and provincial benchmark hospitals, and most of the devices are used as the main equipment in these benchmark hospitals.
According to the official website, Saiwei is expanding into overseas markets, with product registrations in the U.S. and Europe progressing simultaneously. It has already established academic collaborations with more than 10 of the world’s top ophthalmology centers. The products have been successively installed and utilized by teams such as Professor Ricky Wang (Rui Kang Wang) from the University of Washington, Professor Adil EL Maftouhi, a master of ophthalmic imaging in France, Professor David Huang, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and inventor of OCT, along with Professor Yali Jia, a leader in OCT/OCTA, and Professor Robert Chang's team from Stanford University.