QLEDCures: Wearable, disposable light treatment for mouth sores
Orlando, Fla.
QLEDCures is an NSF-funded company developing quantum dot light-emitting devices (QLEDs) for light-based medical treatments, the goal being to replace expensive and bulky lasers and LED systems with wearable, flexible devices. Company officials think their devices could shift the paradigm for light-based treatments of conditions such as mouth sores — a painful side-effect of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients.
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(See QLEDCures present during MassMEDIC’st Medtech Showcase at DeviceTalks Boston, June 5–6, 2019.)