By Jim Stafford Once a year, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) gathers scientists from across the state who are currently receiving funding from its health research program in a sort of show-and-tell educational event. Recently, about 100 OCAST-funded life science researchers assembled at the Samis Family Education Center onRead more
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By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman During one of the earliest conversations I had with Dr. Ryan Dennis, CEO of Linear Health Sciences, he told me that he was living his dream. I wanted to know more about that. Is it the dream of a curious young boy who grew up in aRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman Successful entrepreneurs have vision. They are driven by passion and possibilities. It is a privilege to watch them in action. A case in point is Dr. Ryan Dennis, CEO of Linear Health Sciences, a medical device company whose safety valve technology will change the way patients areRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Innovation is unpredictable. Like the grocery cart inspiration that came to Sylvan Goldman or the parking meter idea that came to Carl Magee, the seeds of innovation can come from anywhere. Although there is no precise formula for innovation, there are indicators that make innovationRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Let’s say that you roll into the local gas station, insert the nozzle of the gas pump into your vehicle and begin filling the fuel tank. Just as the tank is topped off and you are about to take the nozzle out of the car,Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It’s pretty impressive when an Oklahoma startup, in this case, Linear Health Sciences, is hand-picked to be the first company to qualify for a new national accelerator program that was specifically created to bring new medical devices to market. It is even more impressive whenRead more
Contact: Liz Dowling Dowling & Dennis Public Relations Tel. 415-388-2794 Liz@dowlingdennis.net Company Is First to Qualify for GCMI Medtech Accelerator Program OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma – Linear Health Sciences, developer of the Orchid™ Safety Release Valve (SRV), announced that it has received a substantial grant to work with the Global Center for Medical Innovation. GCMI isRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company Innovation. It’s at the heart of entrepreneurial success. There’s the groundbreaking science that comes out of our universities and internationally acclaimed research institutions, like the discoveries from OMRF licensed to Selexys that led to an experimental drug to treat sickle cell disease and a $665Read more
i2E Inc. recently led a $1.25 million seed round investment in Linear Health Sciences, a Norman-based innovative medical technology startup.
Sometime back, a doctor who was also an inventor, mentioned that the next time I visited a hospital I should be on the lookout for rubber bands and paper clips. Not in the administrative areas, he said, but attached in some way to pieces of high tech equipment.
