Presentation from Whiteboard2Boardroom Technology Snapshots April 26, 2017

1. Photoacoustic Probe
April 21, 2017

2. What is the problem?
• Ability to predict which burn wounds will heal
spontaneously and which require surgical
intervention not very accurate
• Current dermatology procedures pose dangers
to technicians from stray laser lights

3. How does product/service solve problem?
• An optical waveguide integrated to a handheld surgical
device improves control of light transmission for ablation
dermatology in a more defined target area
• Ultrasonic pulsation alters biological tissue optical
properties to allow for increased imaging depth
• Improves forward transmission of incident light by
providing a waveguide with a masked, coated cladding
material of a lower refractive index

4. What is the market use?
• Photoacoustic tomography
• Burn Injury Diagnosis
• Laser Ablation Surgery
• Dermatology Skin Resurfacing

5. What competition exists?
• Current medical devices for laser ablation
include waveguides affixed to the target area
of patient and are limited to mostly circular
target area
• Existing methods do not accurately assess
burn injury

6. What is the status of the intellectual property?
• Nonprovisional patents for some aspects of the
technology and provisional patents filed for
other aspects

7. What is the stage of development?
• Prototypes have been
developed
• Extensive testing has
been conducted
• Ready for licensing

8. What is needed for further development?
• Capital is needed to build further prototype
versions and to conduct FDA 510k medical
device submissions