Mirantus Health drives digital eye care forward
The requirements for preventive eye care are changing rapidly. Increasing demand for prevention, demographic change and regional gaps in care require new, practical solutions. Mirantus Health is addressing these challenges with a digital care model that specifically integrates opticians into modern preventive eye care. In partnership with EssilorLuxottica, Mirantus is now further expanding its eye health platform mira, thereby creating new prospects for specialist opticians in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Digital care models from practice for practice
Mirantus was founded in 2022 as a spin-off from research and develops digital solutions that make high-quality preventive eye care available locally. With mira, the company enables opticians to carry out structured eye checks directly in the store - from retinal and slit lamp images to intraocular pressure measurements. The data collected is securely transmitted digitally and evaluated by qualified ophthalmologists within 24 to 48 hours. This creates a medically sound range of preventive services without any additional infrastructural outlay for the business.
Dr. Claus Gruber, co-founder and managing director of Mirantus Health, explains:
„Our vision is to provide local, low-threshold and high-quality eye care. Opticians play a central role in this. The partnership with EssilorLuxottica enables us to further scale mira and support even more businesses in positioning themselves as competent healthcare providers.“
Clear processes, high quality, real relief
The system developed by Mirantus is characterized by its simple integration into existing processes. Once a license agreement has been concluded, the optician's business is integrated into the booking platform; the software accompanies the entire process - from appointment management and examination to ophthalmological evaluation. Conspicuous findings are returned in a traceable manner and, if required, Mirantus actively supports the organization of appointments via a growing nationwide network of more than 400 ophthalmologists.
As a technological partner, EssilorLuxottica complements the care model with the Cellview fundus camera. Its extended wide-angle display enables a comprehensive assessment of the retina and supports the quality of the medical evaluation - an interplay that combines medical precision and suitability for everyday use.
Response to rising pension requirements
Mirantus is responding to structural changes in the healthcare system with its model: An increasing need for preventive care, the ageing of the population and the decline in ophthalmologist capacities make new approaches to care necessary. mira provides opticians with a well-founded preventive care format that can be implemented without their own medical infrastructure and at the same time creates new opportunities for consultation.
Practical experience shows that the target group of 40 to 70-year-olds in particular appreciates the opportunity to have qualified eye examinations carried out directly by their trusted optician. At the same time, there is additional economic stimulus: around a quarter of the people examined subsequently require new glasses or adjustments.
Proven in the market, scalable for the future
Mira is already in use at over 200 locations and more than 20,000 examinations have been carried out. The high level of acceptance confirms Mirantus' approach of rethinking eye care locally, digitally and with quality assurance. The partnership with EssilorLuxottica marks a further step towards sustainably anchoring this model in the market and further developing it together with opticians.
Source: www.mirantus.com
