Posts Tagged ‘Diagnostics’
Masters of the Universe
Moderator: Jim Mazzo Jim Mazzo is the Executive Chairman and CEO for AcuFocus. AcuFocus specializes in presbyopia correction and is known for its revolutionary KAMRA inlay which was recently FDA approved. View Full Profile Panelists: Jeff George Jeff was appointed to lead Alcon in May 2014. As the global leader in eye care, Alcon provides…
Read MoreTearScience CEO & Co-Founder Willis Explains Dry Eye Disease’s Emergence
[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 019″] TearScience CEO & Co-Founder Tim Willis discusses the emergence of dry eye disease and details how his company’s diagnostic and treatment for a source of the condition could help meet the increasing interest from physicians and patients. Podcast Guest Tim Willis Mr. Willis has more than 35 years of medical…
Read MoreGobiquity
Gobiquity Inc. is an app-based company that has already commercialized its first product and is bringing in revenue. The GoCheck Kids app allows pediatricians to screen children for amblyopia simply by taking a smartphone photo. The app is easy to use and provides immediate results. As part of its mission to bring specialty testing into…
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DigiSight Technologies Inc. is integrating mobile diagnostics into clinical care, with a focus on using technology to administer well-established tests like visual acuity, Amsler grid, and more than 10 others—the results of which all become available through their physician portal. CEO Doug Foster reported that the company has plans in all areas of mobile health,…
Read MoreFDA Q&A
Food and Drug Administration to adopt guidelines and standards to help expedite approvals. Two key players within the agency, Dr. Wiley Chambers and Dr. Malvina Eydelman, sat down for an open Q&A with Emmett Cunningham, MD, co-chair of OIS@AAO. Dr. Eydelman is director of the Division of Ophthalmic and Ear, Nose and Throat Devices, and…
Read MoreAvedro
Avedro’s KXL® System for accelerated cross-linking, as well as a family of riboflavin products, have been commercially available since 2010. Refractive correction pioneer and veteran David Muller, PhD, President & CEO, discussed the company’s most recent activities, expressing excitement about Avedro’s PiXL, a non-invasive refractive correction procedure, which uses only eye drops and light. Among other…
Read MoreTearScience
TearScience Inc. CEO and Co-Founder Tim Willis emphasized that his company was founded for a single reason: to be the evaporative dry eye expert, and to develop a system to identify, diagnose, and treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, the root cause behind 90% of dry eye cases. He introduced for the first time TearScience’s LipiView II.…
Read MoreDigital Health Companies Poised to Grow
When the OIS started its digital showcase in 2012, there was only one company presenting in the category. “Today there are six—evidence that this area has huge momentum,” said Gilbert H. Kliman, MD, OIS Co-Chair and Managing Director of InterWest Partners. Mobile health platforms and applications lead the pack, with new approaches to diagnosis, patient…
Read MoreClarity Medical Systems
Keith Mullowney presents Clarity’s multi-product business strategy introducing the products: RetCam & HOLOS™. Presenter: Keith Mullowney Keith L. Mullowney joined Clarity in 2005 as the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mullowney has over thirty-five years of medical device industry experience in sales, marketing and general management in both large company…
Read MoreRPS
Presenter: Robert P. Sambursky, MD Robert Sambursky, MD is CEO, and President of RPS Diagnostics (RPS®), an innovative biotechnology company with a proprietary point-of-care diagnostic testing platform to rapidly and accurately diagnose a variety of infectious diseases and inflammatory conditions. View Full Profile
Read MoreTearScience
Presenter: Tim Willis Mr. Willis has more than 35 years of medical device industry experience. Tim is an entrepreneur and inventor and has been responsible for the development and launch of 50+ products that today represent over a half billion dollars in annual sales. View Full Profile
Read MoreTearLab
Presenter: Elias Vamvakas Mr Vamvakas is the Chairman and CEO of TearLab Corporation. Prior to TearLab, Mr. Vamvakas co-founded TLCVision (NASDAQ/TLCV, TSX/TLC) in 1993 where he served as President and CEO until 2003. View Full Profile
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