IBIONICS

iBIONICS is an early stage medical tech company developing platform implant technology. The Diamond Eye will help blind people recognize the faces of their loved ones again... Winner of the 2016 national awards, Startup Canada Innovation Award and the Creative Business Cup, iBIONICS is a bold life sciences startup specializing in nano-implants. iBIONICS designs, manufactures and commercializes smart implantable bionic solutions that treat debilitating diseases. iBIONICS' flagship solution, The Diamond Eye, aims to replace blindness with artificial sight. By 2020, 200 million people worldwide will be living with degenerative retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa. The cost of AMD in Europe and North America alone is $56 billion per annum... Cochlear is a $10-billion company that has sold half a million implants so deaf people can hear. Cochlear's innovative and commercial success inspired the Australian Government to create a Bionic..

Primary location: Ottawa