New models of innovation through collaboration: the translation journey of novel concepts in corneal refractive surgery

Lara Buhl; Maron Dolling; Ying Wang; Badri Parshad; Xiaolei Li; Christian Wertheimer; Stefan Kassumeh; Siegfried Priglinger; Mark Bischoff; Conor Evans; R. Rox Anderson; Reginald Birngruber; Gabriela Apiou-Sbirlea

doi:10.1117/12.2687846

11 August 2023 New models of innovation through collaboration: the translation journey of novel concepts in corneal refractive surgery

Lara Buhl, Maron Dolling, Ying Wang, Badri Parshad, Xiaolei Li, Christian Wertheimer, Stefan Kassumeh, Siegfried Priglinger, Mark Bischoff, Conor Evans, R. Rox Anderson, Reginald Birngruber, Gabriela Apiou-Sbirlea

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 12627, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics III; 126270P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2687846
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2023, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The ‘Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutic’ sessions are part of the European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, providing a platform for translational research in biomedical optics and biophotonics. This paper complements our invited talk at the conference held in Munich, Germany, June 25-29, 2023. We briefly describe the Longfellow Project as a new model of innovation through collaboration across academia and industry that we have developed at Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute, Boston, USA, since 2015. We illustrate the implementation of the model by sharing the translation journey of a novel concept in corneal refractive surgery. Invented and currently in development at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, in collaboration with international academic institutions and industry partners in Luebeck, Jena, and Munich, Germany, the procedure consists of injecting a viscous filler into a femtosecond laser-created corneal pocket to increase the refractive power thereby minimally invasive treating hyperopia and presbyopia. Our intent is not to provide a full review of the work in the field but to show through one concrete example what it takes to move a discovery in the lab along the translational pathway to clinical practice.

(2023) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.

Citation Download Citation

Lara Buhl, Maron Dolling, Ying Wang, Badri Parshad, Xiaolei Li, Christian Wertheimer, Stefan Kassumeh, Siegfried Priglinger, Mark Bischoff, Conor Evans, R. Rox Anderson, Reginald Birngruber, and Gabriela Apiou-Sbirlea "New models of innovation through collaboration: the translation journey of novel concepts in corneal refractive surgery", Proc. SPIE 12627, Translational Biophotonics: Diagnostics and Therapeutics III, 126270P (11 August 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2687846

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members: $17.00

Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART

PROCEEDINGS
4 PAGES

DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

GET CITATION

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

Get copyright permission Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace

KEYWORDS

Surgery

Biomedical optics

Cornea

Medical research

Industry

Ophthalmology

Photomedicine

Show All Keywords

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years