A man has signed up to do the Great North Run blindfolded to raise money for an eye charity after watching his mum lose her sight.
Durham man to be blindfolded for Great North Run
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Sedgefield mask maker targets US and Asia after £300,000 council support
A County Durham firm is taking blindness prevention treatment to the US and Asia in a move bosses hope will double their workforce.
Durham County Council becomes investor in hotly-tipped tech business
Minister for Life Sciences, George Freeman MP, visits PolyPhotonix
“I’m visiting PolyPhotonix in Sedgefield, one of the UK’s most exciting life science companies, who have developed a unique eye mask to improve the sight of diabetics across the globe.”
MOVER & SHAKER – RICHARD KIRK
We spoke to Richard Kirk, the founder of PolyPhotonix, a Sedgefield-based company providing revolutionary treatment for debilitating eye disease
Noctura 400 named one of “The Best Medical Technologies of 2015” – medGadget
As we look back on the medtech developments of 2015 there’s definitely a sense that we’re living through revolutionary times.
Richard Kirk on Insight Radio – the Radio Station of RNIB
Diabetic patient’s at risk of blindness pins hopes on revolutionary Noctura 400 Sleep Mask
A patient with diabetes who feared going blind is pinning her hopes on a pioneering sleep mask to save her sight.
Barnard Castle man who lost legs to diabetes hopes invention from Sedgefield can save his eyes
David Stoddart, of Barnard Castle, hopes the Noctura 400 sleep mask, created by PolyPhotonix, at NETPark, Sedgefield, can save his sight
County Durham firm’s sight loss treatment sleep mask will be used in LloydsPharmacy service – The Chronicle
PolyPhotonix innovation ‘bridges the gap between optometry and pharmacy’, says LloydsPharmacy boss.