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Healionics named “Most Promising Startup of the Year”Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | By: Seattle Business Monthly Robert Brown, president and CEO of Healionics Corp. calls his Redmond startup's product the "GoreTex of biomaterials." Healionics, which was voted Best Technology Investment Opportunity at the Zino Society's last Zillionaire Investment Forum, has developed a line of materials known as "STAR" (an acronym for Sphere-Templated Angiogenic Regenerative 3D Scaffold). The materials, precisely engineered with uniformly sized pores to speed healing, are inserted into the body during surgery to encourage the growth of new blood vessels and tissue. The University of Washington spinoff is testing the product as a treatment for glaucoma in dogs, and is hoping to raise $1.5 million in startup capital. Full article can be found here. |
