My Life as a Scientist and the Spiritual Connection (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781543463330)

Maurice N. Karkar Ph.D is a researcher, a scientist and an inventor who graduated from UC Berkeley and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He co-founded a medical company, assigned patents that were part of an IPO (Initial Public Offering) to another company, created his own businesses based on his patented products and currently receives a pension from Baxter International. Dr. Karkar was awarded several patents in the medical and commercial fields.

Authors important accomplishments
March 16, 1968 BS Electrical Engineering, Berkeley, CA
August 13, 1974 NIH fellowship towards Ph.D., paid for monthly allowance, tuition and fees. Fellowship for 5 years
June 11, 1975 MS degree in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
November 7, 1977 Finalist in student competition paper at the AMEB Annual conference in Los Angeles, CA
August 22, 1979 Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
July 1980, established reflectance measurement using a single 5 mil optical fiber which was the basis of fluorescence technology in medical devices such as open heart blood gas measurement.
March 1, 1981 CMP-2 performance evaluation stated that: Maurice developed an in-vivo fiber-optic densitometer for use with green dye. This accomplishment was significant because other investigators and several of our consultants felt that such an instrument was not feasible with our current technology
June 2, 1981 Co-founded Cardiovascular Devices, Inc.
Patents in 1987, 1987,1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1993, 2000
January 16, 1992 Patent assignment to US Drug Testing
October 5, 1993 IPO for Drug Testing, Inc. $7.5 million for use of patents for a device measuring oxygen saturation and hematocrit in blood as well as another device for measuring 6 drugs in saliva
1994 to present developed two patents for two businesses: Lighted-address signs which was sold in 2009 and Dermacare-supplies.