MolecuLight Inc.’s Founder receives prestigious UHN Inventor of the Year award

September 1, 2015 -University Health Network’s (UHN) annual Inventor of the Year award

This year, the award was presented to Dr. Ralph DaCosta, Founder, Director and Chief Scientific Officer of MolecuLight Inc., for developing a handheld fluorescence-enabled imaging platform which allows instantaneous visualization of bacteria and tissues (in wounds) based on autofluorescence imaging

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Innovative technology by MolecuLight Inc. poised to revolutionize chronic wound care

September 1, 2015 -Advancing wound care and strengthening Ontario’s role as a global innovation leader in health care

Ontario healthcare innovator, MolecuLight Inc., is developing a hand-held optical imaging technology designed to visualize bacteria in real-time at the point-of-care. Founded by Dr. Ralph DaCosta, Scientist at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Techna Institute

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Evaluation of surgical site infections with fluorescence imaging

June 25, 2015 -Enabled better detection of otherwise subclinical bacterial colonization in surgical sites

At MHSRS (Military Health Science Research Symposium, 2014) a study was presented examining the effectiveness of the MolecuLight i:X for detecting subclinical bacterial contamination and guiding antimicrobial wound treatments. Handheld fluorescence imaging, used adjunctively with standard clinical signs and

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MolecuLight receives $990,000 from FedDev Ontario to complete commercialization of a new clinical wound imaging technology

November 28, 2014 -This important financial support will allow MolecuLight to accelerate commercialization

This important financial support will allow MolecuLight to accelerate commercialization of its unique patented handheld fluorescence-imaging platform, which will enable clinicians to detect bacteria in chronic wounds, in real-time and at the point-of-care. MolecuLight’s technology addresses an important problem in

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