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| Company Profile
| AcuFocus (Irvine, Calif.)
Maker of Lens for Focusing Up Close To Start Selling Abroad
 AcuFocus Inc., a well-funded Irvine medical device startup, is getting ready to sell a replacement eye lens for fuzzy vision in Europe and Asia. The company, which has raised $63 million in venture funding, makes the
Kamra, a lens implanted in the cornea that treats
presbyopia, or the inability to focus up close that comes with aging. AcuFocus plans to train doctors and start gradual sales of Kamra in Europe and Asia, according to Chief Executive Ed Peterson.... Read more |
| Under the Spotlight | Medical Illumination (San Fernando)
Surgical Lighting Company Has Input on Export Initiatives
When President Barack Obama addressed a group of businesspeople on his administration's policy to increase exports among those in the audience was Larry DeBord of manufacturer Medical Illumination. The San Fernando-based company does up to 35 percent of its business overseas, so DeBord was particularly interested in what Obama had to say when it came to trade barriers and how Washington would work to reduce them... Read more |
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