Below is a selection of the medical technology startups we identified in 2010. Clinical applications span orthopedics, cardiology, wound management, patient management/monitoring, diagnostics, surgery and many others.
| Company | Product/Technology |
|---|---|
| Acoustic Biosystems, Inc. | undisclosed technology |
| Adroit Motion, LLC | Laparoscopic surgical instrumentation. |
| Alacer Biomedical, Inc. | Silk-based biomaterial platforms for tissue repair and orthopedic applications. |
| Apica Cardiovascular Ltd. | Beating heart access and closure system for cardiovascular surgery. |
| CardioFlow Ltd. | Embolic protection device. |
| Caymus Medical, Inc. | Undisclosed medical technology from previous founder of Opus Medical, Inc. |
| Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc. | Ultrasonic breast cancer detection device. |
| Diavibe, Inc. | Drug-free device to reduce pain of injections. |
| Domain Surgical, Inc. | Development stage medical device company. |
| ECW Therapeutics, Inc. | Systems for concentration of autologous adult stem cells applied in surgical approaches to orthopedics. |
| Endomimetics, LLC | Creating “natural bionanomatrix coating technologies for medical devices and clinical problems in cardiovascular disease.” |
| EndoRetics, Inc. | Incisionless bariatric surgery device. |
| Essential Medical, LLC | Vascular closure device technologies. |
| Freehand Endoscopic Devices, Inc. | Novel endoscopic surgical devices. |
| Frontier Medical Devices, Inc. | Medical device development company. |
| inCyte Innovations, LLC | Undisclosed |
| Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc. | Novel devices for treating lung diseases. |
| J2D Biomedical, Inc. | Undisclosed medical technology |
| Materna Medical, Inc. | Medical and surgical instruments. |
| MediValve Ltd. | Aortic valve insertion system. |
| NovaTract Surgical, LLC | Yale spinout focusing on single incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. |
| Option 3, LLC | Laser technology applied to tissue closure, other applications. |
| OsteoRegen LLC | Orthopedic tissue regeneration. |
| OsteoSpring Medical, Inc. | Osteobiologics |
| PediaCath, Inc. | Pediatric catheters |
| Peer Medical Ltd. | Gastrointenstinal diagnostics. |
| PorOsteon Orthopedics, Inc. | Undisclosed orthopedic device technology. |
| ProArc Medical Ltd. | Treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hypertrophy. |
| Providien, Inc. | Undisclosed medical device technologies. |
| Secant Therapeutics, Inc. | Transcatheter percutaneous mitral valve repair. |
| Sensus Healthcare, LLC | Medical technology company |
| Sivan, Inc. | Steerable guidewire technology. |
| SonoCiné, Inc. | Automated breast ultrasound system to complement mammography. |
| The Orthopedic Implant Company | Orthopedic implants |
| White Pine Medical, Inc. | Late stage medical device acquisitions. |
| XO Thermix Medical, Inc. | Device for treatment of chronic vein insufficiency. |
source:http://mediligence.com/blog/2011/01/27/medtech-startups-2010/
