“In 1982, who knew that pioneering research into keeping wheelchairs and their passengers safe while in transit would ultimately save lives around the world?”

– John Molloy, President & CEO, PARTEQ

Success Stories

Shedding new light on skin disorders

Levulan® PhotodynamicTherapy for actinic keratosis

More than one million patients across North, South and Central America have been successfully treated with Levulan® Photodynamic Therapy, a non-invasive, topical light-based treatment for actinic keratosis, the red, scaly lesions caused by overexposure to the sun. Based

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Saving billions in water loss and infrastructure repairs

Pure Technologies pipeline inspection systems

Millions of miles of municipal water pipelines across North America, Australia and the Middle East, among others, are functioning more reliably today because of the work of Queen’s physicist Dr. David Atherton. His patented electromagnetic system for inspecting prestressed

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A cheaper, greener way to hot water

Solar hot water heating technology | Solar energy and heat transfer

 Research at Queen’s by a mechanical engineer with a passion for solar energy has not only led to a solar hot water system now in use across North America, but has also helped inform

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Innovations in scientific inquiry for students, teachers and industry

Qubit Sytems customized research and instrumentation systems

For nearly 20 years, scientific research and teaching around the world has been enhanced because of Qubit Systems Inc., of Kingston.  The company was founded, with PARTEQ’s assistance, by Queen’s biologist Dr. David Layzell

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Improving patients' access to care

Novari™ IT solutions

In Canada, patients’ wait times and their journeys through the health care continuum could be shorter and more successful because of a web-based waitlist and patient reporting system developed at Kingston General Hospital by Dr. John Marshall and Mr. John Lott. They founded Novari Health

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Unlocking the ‘black box’ of brain injury

KINARM™ robotic assessment system

If you are a Canadian Olympic or varsity athlete, you may have been tested for concussion via the KINARM™, the patented robotic system developed at Queen’s for assessing brain injury. The only system of its kind in the world, the KINARM™ is being adopted by scientific researchers

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PARTEQ Blog

Fostering innovation, the alumni way
Feb. 21 2013

I became an entrepreneur nearly 20 years ago, when I joined a startup company founded out of research at my alma mater, Queen’s University.

It was a textbook bootstrap experience – we had virtually no capital and just a handful of employees – but we had the seeds of an innovative technology. By 2004 I was CEO; by 2010 our company, ESG Solutions, had expanded into new sectors, our staff had...

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