MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641085892 A) filed by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham; and Aravind Eye Hospitals on July 13, 2026, for Centrifugal Microfluidic System For Point-Of-Care Detection Of Fungal Keratitis.

Inventors include Thekkedath Gopalakrishnan, Satheesh Babu; Jayakanthan, Subasini; Narendran, Siddharth; Vinod M. , Vyshnav; and Shyamlal, Chaliyam Purath.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system (100) for point-of-care detection of fungal keratitis. Conventional diagnostic approaches including culture-based and molecular testing require centralized laboratory infrastructur...