Now they see it

The fragmented medical diagnostic testing industry has lots of potential breakthrough areas — a blessing and a curse for Dr. Robert Sambursky.

A Sarasota-based ophthalmologist and entrepreneur, Sambursky, CEO and chairman of RPS Diagnostics, faced that hurdle a decade ago. “We had to decide what our level of focus would be,” says Sambursky. “It's too broad to do everything.”

The firm decided to concentrate on two areas: infectious and inflammatory diseases. Now, with three major products, 20 patents and about 50 more pending, the move to hyper-focus could be a big asset for RPS in 2015. The Lakewood Ranch-based company has about 55 employees and assembles its products in-house.