Cohort Company News - MedTech Innovator

Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Names Nanowear as Innovation Champion

DateJan 12 2018

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

DateJan 11 2018

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

DateJan 06 2018

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

DateJan 05 2018

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

DateJan 04 2018

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

DateJan 03 2018

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%.

Denver’s Digital Health Boom

DateJan 02 2018

Medical care is no longer confined to the doctor’s office. Or even, sometimes, to an actual doctor. That iPhone in your pocket now has the capability to diagnose your cough, answer insurance questions, and get you pregnant…or at least help the process along.

Cloud-based platform enables use of AI on medical images

DateJan 02 2018

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arterys’ web-based imaging analytics platform, which marries cloud-based supercomputing and artificial intelligence, for clinical use.

Virtual Reality Makes for Better-Trained Surgeons

DateDec 13 2017

Some medical technologies can require hundreds of uses before a surgeon becomes proficient with them. Typical surgeon training involves working with cadavers, but doing this only allows trainees one, maybe two, sessions' worth of experience.

Linear Health Sciences Announces Additional Funding of $1.5 Million for Orchid Safety Release Valve

DateDec 12 2017

Linear Health Sciences today announced additional investment funding of $1.538 million, bringing total company financing to nearly $3 million. Linear Health Sciences is the developer of the Orchid Safety Release Valve (SRV)™ and other safety solutions for medical tubing.

Smart-home tech might help older adults live independently longer

DateDec 08 2017

For an octogenarian with arthritic knees, a voice-controlled light switch could ease the pain of having to stand and walk just to illuminate a room. For a nonagenarian, a robot that offers brain-teasing games to help keep her mind sharp could become an ideal companion.

Nexeon’s neurotechnology in the fight against our aging bodies

DateDec 07 2017

We haven’t even come close to solving the problem of an aging population, so the tech sector is stepping in. Just this week, in Boston, six nursing homes announced plans to close without explanation.

AUM Cardiovascular Wins Gold in Best in Biz Awards 2017

DateNov 30 2017

AUM Cardiovascular has been named a gold winner in Best New Product of the Year – Healthcare in Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.

Catalia Health draws another $4M in early funding

DateNov 15 2017

San Francisco-based patient engagement startup Catalia Health has announced an additional $4 million in pre-Series A funding from Ion Pacific and other investors.

Arterys Completes Series B to accelerate product commercialization

DateNov 15 2017

Arterys Inc., a privately-held company leading the transition to cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence in medical imaging, today announced the close of its $30M Series B financing round.

50 Millennial Entrepreneurs Driving The Future of Tech in Europe

DateNov 13 2017

Imagine how important every second is when you have a heart attack, or consider the implications of a world run entirely on renewable energy. If you thought Blockchain technology would only impact finance; think again.

Texas Medical Center Announces $25 Million TMC Venture Fund

DateNov 08 2017

The Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, today announced the TMC Venture Fund, a $25 million initiative designed to support technologies and early-stage companies to flourish in Houston’s health care ecosystem and further the TMC’s mission to advance health, education and research.

Vyaire Medical Acquires Revolutionary Medical Devices, Inc.

DateOct 20 2017

Vyaire Medical, Inc., the healthcare industry’s dedicated “breathing company,” today announced it has acquired Revolutionary Medical Devices, Inc. (RMD), of Tucson, Ariz., a maker of innovative products for airway management, focused on significantly improving patient outcomes.

The Netherlands Cancer Institute Awarded Funding To Apply Molecular Imaging Technology To Prostate Cancer Surgery

DateOct 17 2017

In the joint research project, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, University of Twente and industry partners, Lightpoint Medical and Philips will evaluate a novel molecular imaging technology to image the prostate cancer biomarker Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) during surgery.

Allotrope Medical: A Simple Solution for Protecting the Ureter During Surgery

DateOct 12 2017

There are three million surgical procedures each year (in the US) in which there is a risk of injuring the ureter, and rates of injury are highest in minimally invasive cases, where up to 30% of OR time can be spent on trying to identify the ureter to spare it from harm. Allotrope Medical has developed an intuitive, battery-operated, single-use handheld device to help surgeons see the location of this hidden part of the anatomy.