News & Articles

• January 28th, 2008
  DARPA SBIR
  "View success stories and videos"
  ››more info
• December 3rd, 2007
  Governor Joe Manchin's Open for Business Report
  "EyeMarker Systems earns second place in Global Security Challenge 2007"
  ››more info
• October 1st, 2007
  Governor Joe Manchin's Open for Business Report
  "EyeMarker Systems named finalist for North American Global Security Challenge"
  ››more info
• October 23rd, 2007
  U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  " The Honorable Jay M. Cohen shows and describes the OSI to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (42:02)"
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• October 29th, 2007
  Global Security Challenge
  "5 most promising security start-ups in the world
  (View Website)"
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• October 3rd, 2007
  Global Security Challenge
  "Successful GSC event in Munich
  (View Website)"
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• September 2007
  DARPA/SBIR Success Reports
  "Advancing state-of-the-art defense technology"
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• August 2nd, 2007
  BBC News
  "Preparing for a dirsty bomb attack (website w/video)"
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• July 2007
  Biz
  "EyeMarker Systems showcases technology"
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• April 11th, 2007
  Military Medical Technology Online
  "A Trip to Detox"
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• Summer 2006
  SBDC News
  "Eyemarker Systems: Seeing into the future"
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• May 2006
  Biz
  "MD Biotech Inc. Changes name to EyeMarker Systems Inc."
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• Spring 2005
  West Virginia University Alumni Magazine
  "With our eyes wide open"
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• April 8th, 2004
  Military Medical Technology
  "Soldier self care"
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• April 5th, 2004
  FDI Magazine
  "West Virginia moves into Biotech"
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• October 10th, 2003
  Wired News
  "Saving Pvt. Ryan.... from Pain"
  ››more info

Press Releases

September 11th 2007

The 2nd placed winner, EyeMarker from West Virginia has developed the world's first handheld, portable device capable of looking at markers in the human eye and determining if a person has breathed or absorbed toxins or nerve agents. This rapid and non-invasive technology has numerous applications for first responders, military and hospitals. - download (pdf) ››

February 2007

Eye Marker Systems, Inc. has entered into a partnership with The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP). The purpose of the collaboration is to allow WVDEP to be able to rapidly assess exposure to organophosphates and other neurotoxins in WV residents that have been near or in the area of a release of those types of toxins. - download (pdf) ››

January 2007

Eye Marker Systems, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Naval Medical Research Center. The goal of the CRADA is to align the companies’ capabilities and technology to further their research and development and ultimately provide an affordable, non-invasive technology to detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military operational environments. - download (pdf) ››

November 2006

Eye Marker Systems, Inc. has entered into a partnership with The Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLTEC). The goal of the collaboration is to coordinate strengths to further their research and development and ultimately provide an affordable, non-invasive product to detect human health conditions in extreme environments. - download (pdf) ››

May 2006

MD Biotech Inc. has announced it has changed its name to Eye Marker Systems Inc. The goal of the name change is to better reflect and specify the companies' technology and align the company name with its purpose.

September 2005

MD Biotech, Inc. announces the acceptance of a $2 Million investment in the company from a group of angel investors. This investment will enable the company to proceed with the continued development of their eye marker platform.

August 2005

MD Biotech, a medical device company based in Morgantown, received a $400,000 contract from the Technical Support Working Group for prototype development on its ocular scanning instrument for chemical agent exposure detection.

May 2004

EyeMarker Systems forms Master Collaborative Research, Development, Testing and Implementation Agreement with the West Virginia University Research Corporation to jointly test and validate the OSI technology to screen for toxic exposures, systemic injury and systemic diseases.

December 2004

DARPA/TSWG - Phase II SBIR: OSI for Soldier Centric Technology in Non-traditional combat casualty care and for exposre to chemical threat agents and neurotoxins.

December 2002

MD Biotech, Inc. has recently been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its Ocular Scanning Instrumentation technology (OSI).

Publications

Ocular Scanning Instrumentation: Comfirmation of biomarkers for anticholinesterase
and cyanide exposure

Lance R. Molnar, Kurt A. Henry, J. V. Odom, Christopher J. Kolanko

Proc. SPIE Vol. 5071, p. 33-40, Sensors and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Defense and Law Enforcement II

Ocular Scanning Instrumentation: Rapid diagnosis of chemical threat agent exposure

Lance R. Molnar, J. V. Odom, Bradley G. DeRoss, Christopher J. Kolanko

Proc. SPIE Vol. 5403, P. 60-67, Sensors and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense III