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Tibbetts Award Recipient

KeraMed, Inc. is the recipient of the SBA Tibbetts award. The Tibbetts Award honors the SBIR/STTR program participants and supporters that have created  a significant economic or social impact through the use of SBIR/STTR funding and are considered the best of the best from the thousands of firms that currently participate in the program.  The…
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2016 Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards

KeraMed is the recipient of the 2016 Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Award presented by the Los Angeles Business Journal. The award ceremony for the 2016 Patrick Soon-Shiong Innovation Awards will be at: Thursday, November 17, 2016 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Morning Symposium 6:00 PM – 9:30 Awards Dinner Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills 300 South Doheny…
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Tan EndoGlide Licensing Press Release

Sunnyvale, California.  KeraMed Inc. has agreed to license Network Medical Products Ltd., Coronet Medical Technologies Ltd., Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Surgical Specialties Corp. its proprietary double coil no touch technology for endothelial graft insertion under U.S. Patent No. 8,029,515 and associated pending patents. Network Medical is the manufacturer of the Tan EndoGlide, which is distributed by the other licensees for treatment of…
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VIDEO: SightLife CEO updates global cornea transplantation achievements, goals

WAILEA, Hawaii – At Hawaiian Eye 2015, Monty Montoya, president and CEO of SightLife, discusses the organization's achievements and future goals for making corneal transplants available worldwide. SightLife's focus is on cornea transplantation. Together SightLife, Ocular Systems and other partners have provided 20,807 cornea transplants globally in 2014. SightLife is the exclusive distributor for the…
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KeraKlear keratoprosthesis an option for treating corneal blindness

A second generation of the artificial cornea addresses more corneal issues and indications. "Corneal opacity and scarring secondary to a wide spectrum of infectious and inflammatory corneal diseases are a major cause of global blindness. Worldwide, about 45 million people are blind, and corneal blindness is the second leading cause, with about 4.9 million people…
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