Linear Health Sciences Announces Issuance of First US Patent
Linear Health Sciences today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company's first patent related to its flagship product, the Orchid Safety Release Valve™, a patient safety device designed to help prevent intravenous (IV) catheter dislodgement. US Patent No. 9,861,805 B2 covers wide-ranging claims behind the tension-activated safety release valve for use in medical access devices such as IV catheters.
Adhesys Medical gets CE mark for its topical skin adhesive for surgical use
Adhesys Medical, a surgical adhesive company, said it has received a CE mark for its Mar-Cutis Flix topical skin adhesive for surgical use. The adhesive is a polyurethane-based technology the company said is an innovative alternative to traditional wound closing techniques that features bonding strength, fast sealing and high flexibility.
Day Zero Diagnostics: New Diagnostic Rapidly Identifies The Resistance Profile of Bacteria, Enabling Targeted Therapy Sooner
At the 2017 meeting of AdvaMed, the medical device industry’s advocacy organization, young start-up Day Zero Diagnostics was chosen as this year’s MedTech Innovator Global Competition winner.
Taglich Brothers Initiates Nexeon Medsystems Inc.
Nexeon MedSystems Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a medical device company developing a neurostimulator technology platform for the treatment of disorders through the electrical stimulation of neural tissues. The company’s first application of its Nexeon Neurostimulation System will be for the treatment of chronic medical conditions such as Parkinson’s and associated diseases in Europe.
Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Names Nanowear as Innovation Champion
More than 700 startups from around the world participated in the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge that culminated on January 8th at the Startup Health Festival in San Francisco—part of the 36th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Startups participating in the Challenge presented innovative technology and business models to help improve the way people access and manage healthcare.
IntuiTap closes $1.6M and forms strategic partnership
So excited to announce the close of our $1.6M round including investments from @thepinkceiling & @ionispharma! 2018 is off to a great start!
CROWDFUNDING: The 5 most successful crowdfunding campaigns in 2017
2017 was a banner year for crowdfunding campaigns. Here are five of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns last year that you need to know about.
Nanowear and The Secant Group announce exclusive supply chain partnership for scaled manufacturing of proprietary cloth-based nanosensor technology
Nanowear, the leader in cloth-based diagnostic monitoring nanosensor technology, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive, worldwide supply-chain partnership agreement with The Secant Group for scaled manufacturing and production of its medical-grade cloth-based nanosensor technology.
Miracor closes $30m Series D
Miracor Medical Systems said today it closed a $30.2 million (EU €25 million) round of funding as part of Series D financing round with funds slated to support further development and commercialization of its PiCSO impulse system, and announced it is moving its headquarters from Austria to Belgium.
Genomic Expression Receives $4.2M Grant to Validate Its OneRNA™ Liquid-Biopsy Platform in Bladder Cancer
The OneRNA4Bladder project aims to save lives and halve the cost of care for bladder-cancer treatment. Bladder cancer is the most expensive cancer to treat due to expensive diagnostic procedures and ineffective drugs resulting in a recurrence rate of 70%.