Know Labs, Inc is a US-based medical device company that creates non-invasive health monitoring systems using radio-microwave spectroscopy to identify and measure molecules in vivo, its first commercial-bound product being sensor technology optimized for blood glucose measurement.[2] Know Labs is a public company whose shares trade under the stock symbol KNW. [3]
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| Company type | Public |
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| OTCQB: KNWN[1] | |
| Industry | Medical Diagnostics |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder | Ron Erickson |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ron Erickson, Phil Bosua, Dr. James Anderson, Leo Trautwein |
| Products | ChromaID, Bio-RFID |
Number of employees | 10-50 |
| Website | www |
History
editVisualant was founded in 1998 by Ron Erickson. The technology was originally developed by Tom Furness and Brian Showengerdt over a period of seven years at Furness's private research lab 'RATLab'.[4][5][6][7]
Visualant acquired TransTech Systems of Aurora, Oregon in 2010.[8] TransTech distributes security products and systems to security and law enforcement industries.[8]
In May 2012, Visualant entered into a joint development contract, and licensing agreement with Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. focusing on the commercialization of the SPM technology.[9][10] The following year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted its sixth Visualant a patent titled "Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate distributed evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy."[11] Later in 2013, Visualant partnered with Intellectual Ventures to further the development of intellectual property through Intellectual Venture's 'Inventor Network'.[12]
In 2018, Visualant, Incorporated announced a name change to Know Labs, Inc.
Awards and recognition
editIn February 2013, Visualant won the Green Photonics category of the 2013 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation for its ChromaID technology.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Know Labs, Inc". OTC Bulletin Board.
- ^ "Know Labs Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ^ "About Know Labs".
- ^ Gail Overton (2013-01-16). "SPECTROPHOTOMETRY: ChromaID scanner challenges traditional spectrophotometry". LaserFocusWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ^ "Investors". Visualant. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ^ "Visualant, Incorporated". U.S. SEC. 2009. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ^ "Visualant Announces First Commercial License". Gastroenterology Week. 2009-01-19. p. 686.
- ^ a b "Visualant Acquires Transtech Systems". SDM: Security Distributing & Marketing. July 2010.
- ^ Phil Keys (2012-08-08). "US and Japanese Companies Combine to Bring Forgery Detection to the Masses". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
- ^ "VISUALANT ENTERS $10M QUALCOMM TRICORDER XPRIZE, BIOTECH EQUIPMENT UPDATE". Vol. 21, no. 7. July 2013.
- ^ "US Patent granted to Visualant, Inc. (Washington) on November 12 titled as "Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate distributed evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy". US Official News. 2013-11-14.
- ^ "Agreements/contracts: Visualant and IV to accelerate ChromaID tech applications". Medical Device Daily. 2013-11-15.
- ^ "Visualant ChromaID Wins Photonics Award". 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2014-06-23.