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BioPoly Knee System offers less invasive alternative to joint replacement surgery

BioPoly Knee System offers less invasive alternative to joint replacement surgery

By Kay Rios InnovatioNews FORT COLLINS -- A Fort Collins company's long years of development are now bearing fruit with a less painful way to regain joint movement. BioPoly's RS Knee... Read More

By: Kay Rios Friday March 21, 2014 Tags: BioPoly LLC, CSU Ventures, CSURF, Dian Kammeyer, Fort Collins, Herb Schwartz, Susan James

CU-Boulder grad and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson will return to space station on Russian rocket March 25

CU-Boulder grad and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson will return to space station on Russian rocket March 25

BOULDER - University of Colorado Boulder alumnus and NASA astronaut Steve Swanson will blast off with two Russian crewmates on March 25 for the International Space Station. It will be Swanson's... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Thursday March 20, 2014 Tags: Boulder, CU-Boulder, NASA, Steve Swanson

Colorado Innovation Network adds four new members to advisor board

Colorado Innovation Network adds four new members to advisor board

DENVER - The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) announced four new "thought leaders" are joining its board of advisors. COIN's board of advisors includes stakeholders from industry, startups,... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Thursday March 20, 2014 Tags: Brian Burke, COIN, David Thompson, Denver, Ken Lund, Mark Sirangelo, Phil DiStefano, Robin Pringle

OcuTherix and CU-Boulder complete license to develop non-invasive glaucoma treatment

OcuTherix and CU-Boulder complete license to develop non-invasive glaucoma treatment

AURORA - OcuTherix Inc. and the University of Colorado have completed an exclusive license that will allow the company to continue developing a new non-invasive procedure for the treatment of... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Thursday March 20, 2014 Tags: Aurora, CU-Boulder, DWT, glaucoma, Malik Kahook, OcuTherix

Navigant Research: Worldwide revenue from advanced sensors for smart buildings to reach $3.65B by 2020

Navigant Research: Worldwide revenue from advanced sensors for smart buildings to reach $3.65B by 2020

BOULDER - Rising energy costs and an increased focus on using energy more efficiently has created a new class of advanced building sensors, and worldwide revenue from the sensors for smart... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Thursday March 20, 2014 Tags: advanced sensors, Boulder, Navigant Research, Noah Goldstein, smart buildings

Denver rated No. 2 on Forbes' list of 'Best Cities to Launch a Startup'

Denver rated No. 2 on Forbes' list of 'Best Cities to Launch a Startup'

DENVER - Denver has been rated No. 2 on Forbes ' "Best Cities to Launch a Startup" list in 2014. Forbes said the list was compiled based on the following criteria: Small businesses as... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Wednesday March 19, 2014 Tags: Denver, Forbes

Innovation Center of the Rockies names David Bohling program manager for UW inventions

Innovation Center of the Rockies names David Bohling program manager for UW inventions

BOULDER - David Bohling has been named program manager for Innovation Center of the Rockies and will guide ICR's commercialization partnership with the University of Wyoming Technology Business... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Wednesday March 19, 2014 Tags: Boulder, Davona Douglass, Jon Benson, Tim Bour

St. Renatus gets $5M in new funding from Blue Ocean to commercialize nasal mist anesthetic

St. Renatus gets $5M in new funding from Blue Ocean to commercialize nasal mist anesthetic

FORT COLLINS - St. Renatus LLC has received an additional $5 million from Blue Ocean STR LLC to assist with its New Drug Application submission to the U.S. FDA, the company announced. The... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Wednesday March 19, 2014 Tags: Blue Ocean Holdings, Curt Richardson, FDA, Fort Collins, St. Renatus, Steve Merrick