Two SC Launch Companies Honored at InnoVision Technology Awards

CareCam Innovations and SensorTech Both Recognized

COLUMBIA, SC – December 14, 2011 – SCRA announced today that two SCLaunch companies were honored with awards at the recent InnoVisionTechnology Awards event in Greenville, South Carolina. CareCamInnovations received the Innovator of the Year Award and SensorTech tiedfor top honors in the Technology Development Award category.

TheInnoVision Technology Awards program, founded in 1999 and presented byMcNair Law Firm, P.A., recognizes and honors Upstate businesses,individuals and organizations that have demonstrated significantadvancements in the areas of innovation and technologicalprogress. Since 2006, six SC Launch companies have been recognizedduring this awards event

Receiving the Innovator of the Year Awardwas CareCam Innovations. The company’s first product, the CareCam“Enhance,” is a patented, patient issued video documentation systemdesigned to enhance existing electronic health records of hospitals,surgery centers, physician offices and clinical research sites.  Carecam’s proprietary video tagging solution is fully integrated intoits suite of flexible database management tools which provide a moreaccurate, less costly method of documentation focused on improving thequality of patient care and reducing fraud

“We are deeply honoredto receive this recognition,” said CareCam Innovations Inventor andPresident, Shannon Pierce. “CareCam Innovations is proud to be an SCLaunch company and thankful for all of the support we have received.This recent award signifies that we are making great progress in ourmission to improve the quality of patient care utilizing video toenhance documentation anywhere a person becomes a patient orparticipates in a clinical study.

Also receiving recognition inthe Technology Development Award category was SC Launch companySensorTech. SensorTech is an advanced materials company commercializingSmart Polymer™ materials that add functionality to other products andprocesses. This patented conductive polymer technology, discovered byClemson research, can be used as force sensors, pressure calibratedswitches, temperature sensors and variably conductive thin films. SmartPolymer™ materials used as sensors enable force measurements on 3Dsurfaces and in compact areas with durability, high speed response time,a wide measurement range, and low energy usage. SensorTech’s currentproducts include ZEBRA™ Systems, and SensorSpot™, SensorMat™,SensorDot™, and SensorDonut™ sensors. “Both SC Launch and SCRA have beeninvaluable partners to us as we have grown from a technology start-upto a revenue generating company scaling to meet demand,” said SensorTechCEO David Myers. “We are delighted to have won our second InnoVisionAward in the past 3 years and believe this demonstrates we are one ofthe region’s examples of successful university-to-market success.

“TheSC Launch program supports promising technology companies and advancesthe Knowledge Economy of South Carolina,” said SCRA Executive VicePresident and SC Launch Executive Director Dave McNamara. “We are proudof these companies and congratulate them on this much-deservedrecognition.

It is the mission of SC Launch to support thedevelopment of emerging technology-based companies and develop theKnowledge Economy of South Carolina. Since its inception by SCRA in2006, SC Launch has supported and funded hundreds of companies, helpeddraw 12 landing parties to the state, provided business services to 230early stage companies in SC through a powerful Resource Network andhelped position emerging South Carolina start-ups to secure more than$167 million in follow-on funding from angel, venture and other privatecapital sources. SC Launch has been recognized regionally, nationallyand internationally for leadership in entrepreneurial support andtechnology-based economic development with awards from the SouthernGrowth Policies Board, State Science and Technology Institute,International Economic Development Council, Forbes magazine, and mostrecently led SCRA to be selected as the National Non-Profit of the Yearby the American Business Awards.
 
“Over the years, SC Launch companies have brought significanttechnologies, developed at in-state universities and hospitals, tomarket,” said SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney. “The recognition of CareCamInnovations and SensorTech by InnoVision reinforces the quality ofcompanies that are growing here in South Carolina and the importanttechnologies that they are commercializing. We look forward to thecontinued success of these companies as they help lead the developmentof South Carolina’s Knowledge Economy.”

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SCRA is an applied research company with over 28 years of experience indelivering technology solutions with high returns on investment tofederal and corporate clients. Our Applied R&D affiliate managesover 100 national and international programs worth over $1.5B incontract value, and our technology-based economic development affiliatehelps early-stage companies to commercialize innovations and createjobs. In support of our mission, SCRA builds and manages researchfacilities that include wet labs, secure rooms for sensitive work andadvanced high-tech manufacturing shops.