OptiCul Diagnostics
An In Vitro diagnostics device company targeting rapid laboratory bacteria detection without the use of reagents.
- Stage Concept Only
- Industry Not Set
- Location Washington, D.C., DC, USA
- Currency USD
- Website opticuldiagnostics.com
Company Summary
Need: Methods are needed for quick and accurate determination of bacterial causes of a clinical symptom. Market: Hospital Culture infectious disease identification market which is estimated at 3.5B$ annually. Technology: based on optical detection of bacteria with disposable cell. It enables the detection of small quantities of bacteria taken from a primary culture dish. The device is fast and easy to use.
Team
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Dr. Gallya GannotPresident
Dr. Gannot is a D.M.D/Ph.D. She is a Dental Surgeon and a scientist specializing in Immunology of Cancer and Microbiology. She has developed advanced technologies for cancer detection (Multi-layers expression arrays) that was translated to the industry while a scientist at NIH. Currently she is working on the development and commercialization of an instant bacteria detection device in hospitals.
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Prof. Israel GannotCTO
Prof. Gannot is a world renowned expert in biophotonics. He has already translated a few of his lab developments to the industry. He is specializing in Optical diagnostics and sensing, Diffused optical imaging and laser tissue interactions, He puts a lot of efforts in his academic work on combined "image and treat" methods.
Prof. Gannot is Faculty at both Tel-Aviv and Johns Hopkins Universities. -
Dr. Moinnudin HassanChief Clinical studies
Dr. Hassan is in charge of the operation of the clinical studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and spent 9 years at the Natinal Institutes of Health as a researcher, working on the development of biophtonics methods for Cancer diagnostics.
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Dr. Dror LedermanChief, Algorithm department
Dr. Lederman is specializes in physiological signal processing and signal classification. He holds a Ph.D. from Ben Gurion University and was a reseach professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Medical School.
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