OCUSUR Technologies Canada Inc.

Innovative Surgical Tools in the Field of
Ophthalmology

OCUSUR Technologies Canada Inc. is a startup company, active in designing, developing, and marketing innovative ophthalmology surgical tools.

Creative and Pioneer in Ophthalmology

An Important Issue in Ophthalmology

Ocular examinations, interventions, and surgeries are the most frequent medical aids in the United States and the world. Ocular interventions are also the most delicate and sensitive operations during which any fine unwanted movements can cause major ocular injuries. Thus, successful ocular interventions need motionless and fixed eyeballs. On the other hand, there is no harmless and safe method for fixation of the eyeball, and recent methods such as suturing the eyeball to the skin and maybe the eyeball with sharp instruments lead to major irreversible consequences such as eyeball rupture, ocular infections, and ophthalmitis. Some fixation methods need someone to keep the eyeball fixed, which occasionally is unsuccessful due to unwanted movements of the eye. Therefore, there is a major need for safe fixation of the eyeball without any adverse events and preventing unwanted post-operation consequences. Ocular disinfection during the intervention is also needed to prevent ophthalmic infection and reduce healing time.

Seeking Unsolved Problems in Ophthalmology

Innovative solution

Ocusur, standing on the shoulders of innovative minds, have invented an ophthalmology surgical patent “Ocular speculum with the capability of fixation of the eyeball” for safe fixation of the eyeball for short-term and long term fine ocular examinations and interventions. The invention is registered as a provisional patent in USPTO that could provide safe fixation of the eyeball with less necessary handling, leading to stable conditions for ophthalmologists and surgeons. The patent also prevents ocular post-operation infections and ophthalmitis by decreasing ocular injuries and rinsing disinfecting agents during the surgeries. The mentioned patent also retracts the eyelids in order to expose the examination and intervention area. Two forms of the invention are going to be manufactured and marketed, including multi-use form and a disposable one. The disposable form of the patent could usually be used in clinics and medical ophthalmology offices and also in operation rooms, The while multi-use form could mainly be used in hospitals and clinics.

Seeking Innovative Solutions

Ophthalmology Statistics in Brief

Eye care and technology development are good investments. An improved understanding of the scale of eye care needs is critical for effective planning in making policies and related industries. Here, there are some statistical estimates on visual impairment extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Reports. However, accurate estimates of the global magnitude of eye conditions are lacking. Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment, 312 million (95% credible intervals (CrI), 265 million to 369 million) aged under 19 years with myopia in 2015, 76 million (95% CrI, 51.9–111.7) people (40 to 80 years of age) with glaucoma in 2020, 2.5 million people of all ages with trachomatous trichiasis in 2019, 1.8 billion (confidence interval [CI], 1.7–2.0) people of all ages with presbyopia in 2015, 146 million adults with diabetic retinopathy (the global prevalence of any diabetic retinopathy (34.6%)) 195.6 million (95% CrI, 140–261) people aged 30 to 97 years with age-related macular degeneration in 2020, and 188.5 million people with mild vision impairment in which the causes are unknown. In 2010, WHO estimated that among 285 million visually impaired people, 39 million were blind, and 80% of them were avoidable. According to estimates of WHO, the global annual incidence of ocular trauma is around 55 million and worldwide blindness in 1.6 million people is due to ocular trauma.

Creative and Pioneer in Ophthalmology

Why is Eyeball Fixation important?

To do the best procedures in ophthalmology sensitive operations, a fine fixed status of the eyeball is needed. The non-fixed eyeball can cause major injuries in different ocular surgeries.
A small area of the ocular operations and globe shape of the eyeball makes the fixation hard for surgeons and in some cases, it is needed to hold the eyeball with fingers in which there are some interfering issues such as physical disturbance for such non-professional fixation method. The most common complications of non-safe fixation of the eyeball in surgeries are:

Corneal injuries
Scleral injuries
Lens detachment
Retinal injuries
Ocular hemorrhages
Ophthalmitis (Endophthalmitis)
Injuries to ocular peripheral tissues
Blindness

Complications of Available Eyeball Fixation Methods

Retrobulbar blocks:
Local Complications such as Globe perforation, retrobulbar hemorrhage, and damage to the optic nerve, and General Complications such as Transient or Permanent Diplopia, Severe Sneezing, Transient Hemiparesis, Brain Stem Anesthesia, Apnea, Tachycardia, Seizures, Hypertension, Respiratory Arrest, and Even Death.

Globe Fixation Rings:
Eyeball fixation rings need someone, a practitioner, or a surgery assistant to hold the apparatus in a suitable position. The main complications are physical or spatial disturbance, Corneal and Scleral Damages, Eyeball Rupture, and Ophthalmitis.

"Safe Fixation of the Eyeball; Safety and Peace of Mind in Ocular Interventions and Surgeries"

                
Gold Medal at iCAN2022The 7th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2022 Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills (TISIAS)  

Gold Medal at iCAN 2022The 7th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2022

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OCUSUR Team

Dr. Abdolrasool Malekpour as OCUSUR's CEO with 10 years background in biomedical research, has developed 9 novel inventions, as well as 2 filed patents in USPTO, and published more than 35 scientific manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. As the main innovation core, he pays to innovative aspects of the projects and conducts their scientific development, patent registration, intellectual properties, and also the development of the innovations to be marketable. He also makes the inventions and assesses their efficacy in clinical and field trials.

CEO

Dr. Mohammadreza Khalili (CTO & Scientists) a specialist and associated professor of ophthalmology at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences has a great background in innovative research and development. With more than 50 scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and 2 filed patents in USPTO, he helps the team in making and developing the patents and plans clinical trials projects for assessment of the efficacy of the inventions. He also helps the innovative potential of the group to discover and seek the needs in the field of ophthalmology.

CTO & Scientists

Mr. Homayon Heidarnia (Software and Robotics developer) graduated in information technology and software engineering has a great and talented background in electronic banking, marketing. Based on his excellent experiences in electronics, robotics, and software development, he develops the control electronic part of the project. Considering his excellent experience in digital and web-based marketing, he helps the team for web-based communications and marketing.

Software and Robotics Developer

Dr. Hamidreza Mehrafsar (Cofounder and regulatory affairs officer, External communication) follows the regulatory issues for commercializing the products, sets the meetings with customers, planning courses for marketing products, and also seeks needed human and funding resources for making, developing, and marketing the products. He will also manage all relation of the company with academic and industrial centers.

Cofounder and Regulatory Affairs Officer

Mr. Saeid Afsharzad (Business Developer) is an industrial engineer with years of experience as a project manager and entrepreneur with expertise in international trades. Saied is a friend of ours and was a big help to prepare the business plan and to emphasize the value proposition of our inventions. He is good at Persian, English, and Mandarin languages. He was acting for a few years as a product designer for industrial and residential use. Saeid owns a company in Iran and in China active in import and export. Saied will act as a business developer and help us to make our invention accessible technology in the medical market.

Business Developer