New Medical Technology Companies, from MedMarket Diligence, LLC
New companies in the medical technology industry are pursuing technologies to make existing technologies obsolete, expand existing markets, create new markets and otherwise tap into demand for new solutions in healthcare.
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- Medtech Startups, March 2008
New medical technologies represented in companies added (March 2008) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the March 2008 issue of MedMarkets:
- Cardiac rhythm monitor.
- Diagnosis of pediatric vesicoureteral reflux.
- Developing atherectomy for peripheral vascular disease.
- Systems to facilitate arthroscopic surgery.
- Bioimplants for surgery.
- Instrumentation for use in laparoscopic surgery.
- Interbody spacers for spine surgery.
- Electrosurgical instrumentation.
- Drug startup
- Pediatric therapeutics
- Non-surgical treatment of obesity via outpatient device implant.
- Biomaterials for soft tissue repair
- Developing automated glucose measurement system based on near infrared.
- Products in OB/GYN, orthopedics and aesthetics.
- Device to non-invasively monitor intracranial pressure.
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:58:25 -0700 - Medtech Startups, February 2008
New medical technologies represented in companies added (February 2008) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the February 2008 issue of MedMarkets:
- Company develops cryotherapy and cryosurgery ablation devices. It focuses on benign tumor and tissue ablation.
- Low-frequency ultrasound in wound healing.
- Company aims to deliver better solutions for patients and physicians in the areas of Biological
- Cartilage regeneration and endoscopic spine surgery.
- Medical devices
- Surgical instruments, including blunt dissection and tissue elevation instrument.
- Diabetes diagnostics; ocular-based blood glucose measurement.
- Biomaterials technologies for multiple medical device applications.
- Microwave ablation of liver, kidney and lung tumors.
- Implant technologies for peripheral nerve repair.
- Weight loss therapeutic developer device for opening obstructed airways (cricothyroidotomy) following traumatic injuries.
- Medical devices R&D company. Device to ease the pain of compression fractures of the spine by separating spinal bones and injecting fast-hardening cement.
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Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:14:18 -0800 - Medtech Startups, January 2008
New medical technologies represented in companies added (January 2008) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the January 2008 issue of MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of December:
- Treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders by, for example, electrical stimulation.
- Developing technologies to visualize vascular junctions in order to enhance ablation in treatment of atrial fibrillation.
- Technologies for embolic cerebral protection to reduce embolic stroke during interventional procedures.
- Ophthalmic technologies targeting vision loss.
- Developing a device for retro-muscular mesh placement in hernia repair.
- Femoral head resurfacing implant with internal fixation and instrumentation.
- Materials to enhance in situ tissue regeneration.
- Integrated insulin pump and glucose monitor for insulin-dependent diabetes.
- MRI-guided robotic breast cancer intervention.
- Nanoparticle-based delivery of chemotherapeutic agents for cancer.
- Ophthalmic device technologies.
- Device technologies to enhance left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
- Motion preserving spine fusion implant, inserted minimally invasively, for treatment of degenerative disc disease.
- Device technology to reduce incisions in laparoscopic surgery.
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Mon, 4 Feb 2008 05:55:31 -0800 - Medtech Startups, December 2007
New medical technologies represented in companies added (December 2007) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the December 2007 issue of MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of December:
- EEG analysis for applications such as detection and prediction of seizure.
- Drugs targeting inflammatory and metabolic pathways, including obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
- In vivo transdifferentiation to regenerate ischemic or diseased organs.
- Developing small molecule drugs to reprogram adult stem cells.
- Orthopedic devices for pediatric and other small stature patients.
- Devices and apparatus for insertion of flexible implants (e.g. breast implants, others).
- Implantable devices; e.g., to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leaks.
- Minimally invasive spinal instrumentation.
- Intra-operative 3D imaging for earlier diagnosis of breast cancer.
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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:36:42 -0800 - Medtech Startups, November 2007
New medical technologies represented in companies added (November 2007) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the November 2007 issue of MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of November:
- Development of a miniature retrievable pump for use in improving blood flow following coronary artery angioplasty.
- Technology for anchoring dynamic and static spinal implants.
- Intervertebral disc and facet joint prosthesis in spine surgery.
- Static compression device technology in spine surgery.
- Intramedullary transillumination apparatus for use in bone repair.
- Company has licensed technology from major technology university that creates colony of liver cells that can be used for testing drug toxicity.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic tools for the treatment of patients who are prone to develop unstable coronary syndromes due to the presence of multiple thrombogenic vulnerable plaques.
- Device for treatment of chronic renal insufficiency.
- Developing the brachytherapy applicator for radiation following lumpectomy.
- Development of catheters and other technologies for the treatment of acute and chronic total occlusion in coronary and peripheral arteries.
- Stents and stent sleeves that minimize embolism.
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Mon, 3 Dec 2007 07:30:27 -0800 - Medtech Startups, October 2007
New medical technologies represented in companies added (October 2007) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the October 2007 issue of MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of October.
- Antisense therapeutics for respiratory diseases
- Nanoparticles for drug delivery
- Implant for treatment of stress urinary incontinence
- Radiofrequency-based therapeutic warming for pain in injury, aging and disease
- Localized drug delivery to preserve artificial blood vessels or vascular grafts
- Undisclosed medical device technology
- Spinal implants for repair of annular defects in intervertebral discs
- Diagnostics and therapeutics for wet/dry AMD and other chronic diseases
- Intervertebral disc replacement prosthesis
- Image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery for breast cancer
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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:24:24 -0700 - Medtech Startups, September 2007
New medical technologies represented in companies added (September 2007) to the Medtech Startups Database and/or added to the September 2007 issue of MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of August.
- Medical technology incubator.
- Electromagnetic thermal therapy for treatment of pain and improved function in osteoarthritis.
- Anti-thrombotic treatment of myocardial infarction.
- Percutaneous repair of mitral valve.
- Nanoparticle-based drug delivery for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, others.
- Drug and bioactive agent delivery.
- Blood glucose monitoring via intraosseously implanted optoelectric sensor.
- Image-guided stereotactice radiosurgery for breast cancer.
- Microwave thermokeratoplasty for "non-incisive" refractive surgery in ophthalmology.
- Electrode array for bloodless liver resection.
- Device for creating multiple lesions using ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation.
- Nanotechnology-mediated gene therapy for treatment of congestive heart failure.
- Fracture healing stimulated via Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF).
- Image-guided cancer therapy using contrast enhanced MRI and photodynamic therapy.
- Bioartificial bone and cartilage replacement.
- Catheter device to size lumens in stent delivery.
- Bone-targeting polymeric drug delivery systems.
- Pulmonary drug/drug delivery based on particle technologies.
- Device to improve pleural and pericardial drainage following heart surgery.
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Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:24:25 -0700 - Medtech Startups, August 2007
New medical technologies represented in companies added (August 2007) to the Medtech Startups Database or added to the current MedMarkets.
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database and/or covered in MedMarkets Startups during the month of August.
- Neuromodulation and neurostimulation devices
- Implantable RFID tags
- Surgical templates and other technologies for implanting percutaneous medical devices
- Attachments for devices (e.g., surgical drains) to patients
- Undisclosed medical device technology
- Drug delivery platform using targeting ligands (antibodies, MHC molecules, lectins) with applications in cancer microbial and cardiovascular indications
- Vascular device technology
- Compounds for treatment of wet and dry macular degeneration
- Diagnosis and monitoring of neurological disorders
- Portable drug and vaccine inhaled delivery vehicle
- Implant systems for spine and orthopedic applications using MEMS and wireless technology
- Uterine fibroid device
- Cartilage repair (including spine) using hybrid of bio-copolymer and cell-matrix construct to induce cell differentiation
- Surgical device for treatment of stress urinary incontinence
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:34:51 -0700 - In Development at Medtech Startups
New medical technologies represented in companies added to the Medtech Startups Database (July 2007).
The following are brief technology descriptions for companies newly added to the MedMarket Diligence Medtech Startups Database during the month of July.
- Laparoscopic surgical instrumentation.
- Drug eluting stents, including for tracheobronchial application for obstruction caused by lung cancer.
- Neuromodulation and neurostimulation devices.
- Micro-catheter based multi-modality device for the revascularization of an occluded vessel in the brain.
- Subdermal cryogenic remodelling of tissues.
- Orthopaedic medical devices for the spine and trauma markets.
- Technologies and products in gastrointestinal medicine, including for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Spin-out company focused on ischemia and anemia.
- Radioactive polymers for brachytherapy in oncology.
- Devices to treat patients with emphysema.
- Vascular technology (including prosthetic valves) and others.
- Instrumentation and devices for use in spine surgery.
- Antimicrobial, antithrombogenic biocompatible coatings.
- Flexible endoscopy as minimally invasive interventional technology.
- Surgical instrument positioning system.
- Microsurgical cutting instruments.
- Spine implant technologies.
- Optical biopsy in oncology.
- Tissue repair using gene therapy, growth factor biology and tissue regeneration for chronic lower extremity ulcers.
- Devices focusing on cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases.
- Vascular device technologies.
- Medical device incubator.
- Developing catheter based solutions to address unmet clinical needs.
- Therapeutic contact lenses that deliver medications to the eye.
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Wed, 8 Aug 2007 13:24:46 -0700 - July 2007 new medical technologies at startup companies...
New companies identified in the July 2007 issue of MedMarkets are pursuing development of the following technologies:
- Antithrombogenic, antimicrobial coatings for devices
- Devices for interventional and endoscopic surgery
- Surgical instrument positioning system
- Optical biopsy in oncology
- Devices to treat emphysema
- Vascular device technologies
- Spinal implant technologies
- Tissue technologies for treatment of chronic lower extremity ulcers
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:57:44 -0700 - June 2007 new medical technologies at startup companies...
New companies identified in the June 2007 issue of MedMarkets are pursuing development of the following technologies:
- Biomaterials and instruments for head and neck surgery
- Ultrashort pulse laser for dermatology, cancer, other
- Development of drugs for gastrointestinal diseases
- Orthopedic and spinal implants
- Medical, surgical and aesthetic lasers
- Intravascular filter and other products
- Minimally invasive spinal implant for treating discogenic back pain
- Spine imaging to improve diagnosis of lower back pain
- Cancer screening device based on apoptosis detection
- Minimally invasive treatments for obesity
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:37:37 -0700 - May 2007 new medical technologies at startup companies...
New companies identified in the May 2007 MedMarkets are pursuing development of the following technologies:
- Drug-eluting stent
- Cardiovascular risk assessment based on endothelial dysfunction
- Transvaginal drug delivery
- Motion-preserving spine therapies
- Imaging-based CAD for orthopedics
- Injectable hydrogel implant for degenerative disc disease
- Developing device for treatment of glaucoma
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Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:12:55 -0700 - New medical technology startups now available in online database from MedMarket Diligence, LLC
MedMarket Diligence has introduced a new online database of startup medtech companies. Drawn from the ongoing research performed in support of the MedMarkets newsletter and market and technology Reports, the Medtech Startups Database is an online, boolean searchable database of new medical product companies spanning medical device, biotech, biomaterials, biopharm, and others competing in these often overlapping market.
The database is updated each month with 5-10 (or more) recently founded companies. Records on existing companies in the database are also reviewed on a regular basis to update company data. The companies in this database represent companies reported in the MedMarkets publication, with details as complete as possible on these frequently "stealth" companies, but also include other companies separately identified by MedMarket Diligence through its proprietary report and other research activities. Companies included span the medical device, biotech, biomaterial, pharmaceutical and other areas.
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Thu, 24 May 2007 11:14:18 -0700 - April 2007 new medical technologies at startup companies...
New companies identified in the April 2007 MedMarkets are pursuing development of the following technologies:
- Device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (Minneapolis, MN)
- Vascular access technology (Ambler, PA)
- Minimally invasive implant for glaucoma (Irvine, CA)
- Patent foramen ovale closure system (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Undisclosed (Tiverton, RI)
- Ankle replacement technology (Boulder, CO)
- Minimally invasive bariatric, colo-rectal, general, gyn and urologic surgery. (Orange, CT)
- Ultrasound needle guidance system (Durham, NC)
- Ophthalmic device technology (Menlo Park, CA)
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Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:49:15 -0700 - March 2007 new medical technologies at startup companies...
New companies identified in the March 2007 MedMarkets are pursuing development of the following technologies:
- Minimally invasive, self-expanding aortic heart valve
- Compression technology for treatment of non-union fractures
- Devices to facilitate minimally invasive procedures (e.g. visualization in lap surgery and ureteral stone removal)
- Device technology based on scoliosis research
- Endovascular grafts
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