Medical Devices

Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD)  has developed a portfolio of heart support and recovery products and services which offer healthcare professionals an array of choices across a broad clinical spectrum. From the catheterization lab to the surgical suite, together with interventional cardiologists and surgeons, Abiomed is dedicated to providing the most advanced medical technologies to heart patients, with the ultimate goal of heart recovery and improved quality of life.


Accumetrics is focused on developing point-of-care platform-technology diagnostic products in the cardiovascular and neurovascular disease area.

BioForm Medical, Inc. (BioForm) develops and commercializes injectable implant products for soft and hard tissue augmentation. BioForm is dedicated to improving patients‚ lives by providing high quality, innovative, safe and effective medical products for use in the plastic surgery, urology and ENT markets.

Orthopedic Resources, Inc., (dba Bledsoe Brace Systems) is a leader in the orthopedic bracing market. Founded in 1982, it was the first company to develop a post-operative knee brace, and has continued to build on its 25-year reputation of quality clinical products and design leadership. Bledsoe’s products are used both domestically and internationally by orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists, orthotists, and physical therapists to address musculoskeletal disorders of their patients by supporting and protecting injured or weakened joints.



Clear Vascular, Inc was founded by Essex Woodlands Health Ventures in 2005. The primary objective of the company is to develop innovative cardiovascular products.

InSound Medical develops minimally invasive hearing devices for the 26 million hearing impaired market. The company's proprietary hearing products are implanted inconspicuously in the ear canal through a nonsurgical procedure.

LipoSonix is a medical device company focused on the development of proprietary technology for noninvasive cosmetic surgery applications.


Medlogics is an early stage medical device company developing a broad platform technology for innovative drug delivery. The initial focus is product development of polymer-free stent drug delivery.

MicroPort Medical (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. provides leading edge technologies and products for physicians and their patients.  In close cooporation with physicians and scientists worldwide, MicroPort  has developed a range of interventional vascular products with the objective of growing MicroPort into a world wide market leading company, with continuous innovation and development of new interventional vascular products and technologies. 



Nellix, Inc., is a privately funded, medical device startup company located in Mountain View, CA. Nellix is actively developing novel solutions to vascular diseases affecting millions of patients world wide.


NeoVista, Inc. is developing an intraocular epiretinal radiation device intended for the treatment of the wet form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Novacept designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic devices to improve the quality of women's healthcare in a cost-effective manner. Novacept was sold to Cytyc Corporation in March 2004.


Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held company developing medical devices.

orthovita

Orthovita is a unique spine/orthopaedic surgical biomaterials company offering advanced bone regeneration and soft tissue healing technologies. Their experience lies in developing and distributing novel, high-tech, synthetic-based biomaterial products. Orthovita currently has four key commercial product platforms: Vitoss Bone Graft Substitute, Vitagel Surgical Hemostat, Cortoss Synthetic Cortical Bone, and Imbibe Delivery and Disposable Systems.


Proteus Biomedical was founded in 2001 to apply its state-of-the-art semiconductor technology to the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Sontra Medical, Inc. develops ultrasound based devices and systems to improve glucose monitoring methods for diabetics and to expand the number of drugs that may be delivered transdermally.

Sound ID develops proprietary sound-source signal enhancement technology deployable in a wide variety of audio products.

St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc., develops new, minimally invasive technologies and procedures for the orthopedic and neurosurgical spinal surgery markets.

Thermage is a medical device company in the early stages of developing a radio frequency-based device designed for the treatment of skin in dermatology and plastic surgery applications.

   
  PHARMACEUTICALS
BIOTECHNOLOGY
MEDICAL DEVICES
 Abiomed
 Accumetrics
 BioForm Medical, Inc.
 Bledsoe
 Clear Vascular
 InSound Medical
 LipoSonix
 Medlogics
 MicroPort Medical
 Nellix, Inc.
 NeoVista
 Novacept
 Oraya
 Orthovita
 Proteus Biomedical
 Sontra Medical, Inc
 Sound ID  
 St. Francis Medical Technologies, Inc.
 Thermage

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