As I am occasionally known to do, I am providing the list of actual company names recently identified as medtech startups (and included in the Medtech Startups Database). See below:
Tissue Fusion, LLC (laser devices to “weld” biological tissues together for wound closures)
Applied Catheter Technologies, Inc. (drug-coated urinary and other catheters and stents that are designed [...]
The formation of medical technology companies has proceeded at a steady pace over the past few years. These largely device-intensive companies are pursuing a range of clinical applications that is progressively more diverse, encompassing materials science, application of various hybrid technologies and, ultimately, often dissolving boundaries between devices, diagnostics, biotech, pharma and other traditional product [...]
New medical technologies represented in specific companies recently added (September 2008) to the Medtech Startups Database:
Recombinant proteins and cells for intervertebral disc cell regeneration
Non-hydrogel polymer used to stimulate tissue growth in dental/orthopedic applications
Biomaterials and biologics for repair of bone and cartilage
Portable endoscopic imaging
Device treatments for restless leg syndrome (RLS)
Disposable steerable surgical instrumentation for arthroscopy
Technologies to [...]
Technologies for ablation and other energy-based treatments in medical/surgical markets are currently dominated by electrosurgical-type therapies, but a growing array of other modalities are creating new applications or penetrating existing ones.
At right is shown the forecast, by modality type, of ablation and other energy-based therapies through 2017. The most significant growth is expected to [...]
Technologies for the treatment of spinal disc disease and trauma are being driven away from the relatively crude solution of fusing adjacent vertebrae to solutions that aspire to restore the dynamic structure and function of the spine.
Non-fusion products
Arguably one of the strongest underlying trends in the development of technologies for the treatment of degenerative disc [...]
Below is the coverage in the April 2008 issue of MedMarkets.
Ablation: An Energized Market
Demand for Hip and Knee Implants Expected to Increase
MedMarket Outlook: Beyond Technology Innovation: Current and Future Market Forces and Trends
Early Stage Companies: Evalve, ES Vascular, Cardiorobotics, TriVascular
Early Stage Company Financings: Alure Medical, Arbel Medical, Breathe Technologies, CoAxia, IDev Technologies, IlluminOss [...]
We look at medical technologies and consider their potential improving clinical outcomes competitively (including cost). Ultimately, we are interested in gauging the market outlook for industry participants so that we can identify opportunities and challenges. Occasionally, we have to point out challenges that really have less (if any) bearing on the technologies themselves [...]
The balance of patient caseload distributed among alternative spine surgery technologies will demonstrate marked shifts from 2009 to 2017 as technologies/techniques like kyphoplasty and nucleus replacement gain greater presence at the expense of traditional approaches like spine fusion. This is apparent in the shares of the markets each technology will represent in 2009 versus 2017.
Shares [...]
MedMarket Diligence Report #M510, published March 2008.
This report details the complete range of products and technologies in the surgical management of spine disorders, diseases and trauma, from grafts, demineralized bone, fusion, stabilization, disc/nucleus replacement, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, imaging, minimally invasive surgical technologies, energy-based therapies and biologics. The report details current clinical and technology developments in this [...]
We have just updated our “High Growth Medical Technologies” white paper, as we expect to continually do in the immediate future, since the areas with growth keep changing, and new areas keep appearing.
As all white papers should be, it’s free. Here’s the link so you can download it.
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