Innovation Insight
“I have been an eye surgeon for over 25 years and have performed thousands of eyelid lifts. This procedure restores peripheral vision and creates a younger more revitalized appearance by removing excess skin from the upper lid. My innovation insight was inspired by an ancient Egyptian medicine exhibit showing how Egyptian healers removed excess lid skin by compressing the skin between two small twigs, depriving it of blood supply. The excess skin fell off within 5 days.
The Ziplyft™ uses compressive skin contouring, eliminating the need for cautery and suturing, so that patients can have a faster recovery with less bruising.
-Dr. Patricia Buehler, MD MPH
Co-Founder and CEO
“I’ve been an eye surgeon for 25 years and have performed thousands of eye and eyelid surgeries, as well as trained and supervised surgeons in the US and overseas. One of my specialties is eyelid lift, a surgery that removes unwanted and excess upper eyelid skin, resulting in improved peripheral vision and appearance. Patients routinely have a 25% improvement in their side vision and look younger and more revitalized. As a result of my experience and innovative insight, I have developed a novel medical device that markedly simplifies and improves this procedure. In 2021 we founded a company Osheru to develop and commercialize the Ziplyft device. In addition to this work, I am a co-owner and managing partner of InFocus Eyecare, a six-provider 35-employee specialty medical practice with revenues of $5M. I am a founding partner and part owner of the Bend Surgery Center, a 450-employee facility.”
“As a practicing orthopedic surgeon with over 25 years of surgical and research expertise, I have performed about 400 joint replacement surgeries a year. Due to the limitations and inaccuracies of state-of-the-art instrumentation, I experimented with traditional knee replacement technologies, I became one of the primary inventors of computer-assisted knee replacement, and I trained thousands of surgeons domestically and internationally in these new techniques.
I am currently the Chief Operating Officer of Osheru LLC and Emeritus Partner at the Center for Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Care & Research. During my tenure as Managing Partner of the Center for Orthopedic and Neurosurgery Care & Research I provided strategic vision and leadership to grow the practice from 8 providers to 32, the practice continues to thrive today , with over $80M in annual revenue and 44 providers. In addition to my research and surgical experience, I have also been elected for two terms in the Oregon legislature where I was on the House Healthcare committee, authoring legislation on multiple policy issues.”
