Licensing agreement
The Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland, has licensed a technology platform to wound care specialist HemCon Medical Technologies Inc of Portland, Oregon. The agreement relates to new medical technology application, which has a range of applications in the fields of wound care, control of hospital acquired infections, and oral hygiene applications.
This new ‘Technology Platform’ was discovered and developed at IT Sligo School of Science and a patent has been filed on behalf of the Institute.
The platform was discovered and developed at IT Sligo School of Science, and a patent has been filed on behalf of the institute.
HemCon was set up in 2001 with funding from the US Army and access to research by Kenton Gregory, Bill Wiesmann, the Oregon Medical Laser Center and Providence Health System.
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