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The following companies are currently located in the Boston University Business Incubator.
BioMimetic Systems (BMS) is developing biologically inspired technologies for advanced sensors and medical devices. BMS has its roots in the Boston University Hearing Research Center and VLSI laboratories with more than 30 years of experience researching the physiology and biophysics of hearing as well as specialized custom electronics. The focus of BMS is the application of biologically inspired algorithms to technically challenging problems that traditional approaches have failed to address. Applications include sensor design for high noise environments as well as medical devices for the hearing impaired. www.biomimetic-systems.com
Block MEMS is developing next generation Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometers for chemical detection in military, homeland security and industrial applications. The optical sensors are the first to use microelectromechanical (MEMS) technology to fabricate miniature spectrometers which are portable (about the size of a pen), low cost and consume low power. www.blockeng.com
Boston MicroFluidics (BMF) core product is a microfluidic system capable of automating complex diagnostic chemistries and reporting the outcome in a self contained consumable. Microfluidics, tiny channels, valves and other elements, control the flow of microliters of fluid in the testing system. In this way, extremely accurate tests which have been restricted to remote laboratories due to their complexity can be brought into the doctor's office. Tests such as ELISA, an antibody based test that has been used to test for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for a quarter of a century, can be automated using microfluidics. Automated, easy to use testing systems like these are ideal for the fast paced point-of-care facility. BMF's technology can be used to test for any of the thousands of infections detectable by ELISA allowing the firm to provide a number of diagnostic solutions. BMF's long-term vision is to become the primary provider of disposable pathogen detection devices in most major markets.
Cyber Materials (CM) develops advanced materials process control technologies that improve manufacturing capability. CM's product lines consist of operator level diagnostic tools and real-time control solutions and have been applied to manufacturing optical coatings, fuel cells, and thermal barrier coatings for gas turbines. CM delivers value to its customers through reduced variation, improved capabilities, higher yields, and increased productivity.
The DNA Repair Company (DNAR) is utilizing breakthroughs in the knowledge about the major DNA repair mechanisms to develop products that will improve cancer therapy through personalized medicine. The initial focus is on developing molecular diagnostic products that use dynamic biomarkers to measure the functional status of DNA damage repair pathways in individual tumors to guide optimal cancer therapy. DNAR's development programs target both currently marketed treatments (chemotherapy and radiation therapy), as well as new drugs that are in development.
eQuilibrium Solution Corporation (eQ) offers the first fully scalable, on-demand Enterprise Sustainability Management (ESM) application suite — a web-deployed global solution for sustainable, integrated management of environmentally critical policies, processes, products and people. This Business Process Management (BPM) solution is built on eQ's five pillars of sustainability — Environmental Risk, Environmental Governance, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Management Accounting and Corporate Responsibility. Designed to serve corporations with annual revenues in excess $1B, the eQ ESM Suite will empower leading businesses to effectively balance their economic and environmental responsibilities, creating a sustainable competitive advantage for them and the communities to which they contribute.
lifeIMAGE, Inc. is an early-stage, Boston-based company designing a physician-to-physician professional network centered on clinical and diagnostic images. With lifeIMAGE, physicians anywhere in the world, can save, search for, and access relevant clinical images to help diagnose and treat patients and disease through collaboration, decision support, and education. lifeIMAGE is solving the conceptually simple, but technically complex task of capturing, storing, organizing, indexing, displaying, and most notably, sharing medical images. Physicians will use lifeIMAGE’s Web 2.0 functionality as a hosted personal PACS (Picture Archival & Communication System), and they can create or join private and public imaging forums for research, clinical trials, second opinions, telemedicine, or education.
MTPV (Micro-gap Thermo Photo Voltaics) Corporation is a clean energy company developing a revolutionary technology for the conversion of thermal energy into electricity. By employing a sub-micron gap between a thermal emitter and receiver, the achievable power density can be increased by approximately an order of magnitude as compared to conventional thermo-photo-voltaic devices. The technology has been developed over the past ten years at MIT and Draper Laboratory. The second generation technology, currently being perfected, will provide an even larger scale and increase in performance allowing more commercial opportunities to be achieved. www.mtpvcorp.com
Successfully Launched Companies:
Progenika, a newly formed U.S. company, is a spin-out from Progenika Biopharma, S.A., a Spanish biotech company that designs and develops tools for personalized medicine. The company develops and manufactures novel DNA Genotyping microarrays for the diagnosis and prognosis of human disease. www.progenika.com
SOLX has developed a surgical laser and patented
method of treatment for glaucoma, the second most common cause of
blindness in the elderly. SOLX's DeepLight® Glaucoma Treatment
System is being developed to provide physicians with new tools to
reduce intraocular pressure in glaucoma sufferers through its DeepLight®
790 Titanium Sapphire Laser and DeepLight® Gold Micro-Shunt
(GMS(TM)). More information can be found online at www.SOLX.com
(corporate) and www.deeplightsystem.com
(healthcare professionals, patients and caregivers).
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