OCuSOFT Inc. recently announced its acquisition of the intellectual property portfolio of Digital Heat Corporation, a science and technology—based company located in Phoenix, Arizona. Of note from this portfolio is a state-of-the-art eyelid warming device to be marketed as the OCuSOFT® Thermal 1-Touch.
OCuSOFT®’s Thermal 1-Touch offers preset modes and temperature settings which can treat four eyelids simultaneously. These features provide improved patient convenience for in-office procedures. Significantly, the device eliminates disposables cost by leveraging the Digi Lens technology making Thermal 1-Touch cost-effective for physicians. The OCuSOFT® Thermal 1-Touch will compete with Alcon’s iLux® and Sight Sciences’ TearCare® devices whose base prices are considerably more expensive.
Stacy Foster, Chief Business Officer of OCuSOFT® and Chairman of the Essentia™ companies explains the acquisition; “OCuSOFT® and Essentia™ work together in product development funding as well as regional marketing. Together, we have been looking at various devices which could offer our doctors a full range of Dry Eye therapies. The problem with most of the devices we looked at was cost. Most were just too expensive. Digital Heat fixed that with a convenient, easy-to-use treatment modality priced so that every office can afford it.”
Full news release: http://www.ocusoft.com/ocusoft-inc-acquires-digital-heats-eyelid-warming-device-2