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2022 Best Tech Startups in South Carolina

06.30.2022 The Tech Tribune

Blinkcns (formerly blinktbi) was named one of the best tech startups in Charleston by The Tech Tribune for the 3rd year in a row!

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Blinktbi Spotlight

01.05.2022 Charleston Magazine

Blinktbi had a prototype of a device now known as “EyeStat” that delivers data based on a patient’s blink reflex stimulated by a light puff of air in the corner of the eyes

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Profile of a Founder: Ryan Fiorini

11.23.2020 The Tech Tribune

An exclusive Tech Tribune Q&A with Ryan Fiorini (co-founder and CTO) of blinkcns, which was honored as one of 2021's Best Tech Startups in Charleston

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Charleston Startup Passes FDA Muster

3.2.2020 Post and Courier

A startup that grew out of research at the Medical University of South Carolina and The Citadel has hit the market and closed on a new round of funding.

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Blinktbi's Portable EyeStat Device Measures Blink Reflex

EyeStat, cleared by the FDA, delivers data about the blink reflex in less than a minute. It stimulates and measures the blink reflex using light puffs of air, high-speed videography and a proprietary algorithm. 

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2.4.2020 CHS Regional Business Journal

Portable Device to Monitor the Blink Reflex Cleared by FDA

EyeStat (blinktbi, Charleston, SC), a portable, lightweight device for measuring the natural blink reflex, received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2019.

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1.28.2020 MUSC

The Brain Game

9.24.2018 CHS Business Magazine

EyeStat looks very much like a virtual reality headset, albeit one that fires five random puffs of air at the eyelashes over a 20-second period. The eyes respond by blinking, which EyeStat records. In under a minute, the device delivers its result.

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