On September 13, 2022 Dr. Raed Alomair of Elite Hospital in Riyadh performed the first KeraKlear surgery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using the most advanced eye surgical tools available in the world, he used a femtosecond laser to make microscopic incisions in the cornea of a patient and implanted the KeraKlear Artificial Cornea…
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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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Exclusive Distributor in Turkey – Afkom Proje Danışmanlık ve Tic. LTD. ŞTİ.
Afkom Proje Danışmanlık ve Tic. LTD. ŞTİ. is now the exclusive distributor for the KeraKlear artificial cornea in Turkey. This is an exciting new opportunity for Afkom Proje Danışmanlık ve Tic. LTD. ŞTİ. and KeraMed to partner together and provide solutions against cornea blindness.
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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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SightLife – Our exclusive distributor for the KeraKlear Artificial Cornea in Japan
SightLife is now the exclusive distributor for the KeraKlear artificial cornea in Japan. This is an exciting new opportunity for SightLife and KeraMed to partner together and provide solutions against cornea blindness. https://www.sightlife.org/
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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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Keraklear Implantation Using Z6 Ziemer Laser for the treatment of anterior stroma leukoma
Keraklear Implantation Using Z6 Ziemer Laser for the treatment of anterior stroma leukoma - By Dr. Vargas Published on Nov 30, 2014 An anterior stromal opacity was treated, implanting a foldable artificial cornea (KeraKlear) into a 400 microns depth, 8 mm diameter stromal pocket made using a Z6 Ziemer femtosecond laser. Patient improved her vision…
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KeraKlear – Foldable Acrylic Inlay Keratoprosthesis – by John A. Kanellopoulos, MD (video)
John A. Kanellopoulos, MD, demonstrates the preparation of the KeraKlear II artificial cornea and shares the first clinical application in a patient. This is a cornea bottom of 3.8mm diameter 400 microns depth the preparation video. This was a fresh donor cornea that had flash CXL in a 400 depth pocket 7.2 joules, 20mW for…
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