The aggregate amount of medtech investment, after taking a hit early this year from a pull back by venture capital, is now on the rise, with two months each of $400+ million investment. Investments and other financings over the first eight months of 2009 in medical device technologies as well as those that are complementary [...]
The mechanics of bipedalism—walking on two legs—is often cited as a factor in the development of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Over a normal lifespan, humans endure microtraumas and undergo bodily changes that either alter or redistribute biomechanical forces unevenly on the lumbar region, resulting in lower back pain. The stresses and microtraumas associated [...]
Below is an excerpt from "Spine Surgery: Products, Technologies, Markets & Opportunities, Worldwide, 2008-2017," report #M510 from MedMarket Diligence. Degenerative Disc Diseases The mechanics of bipedalism—walking on two legs—is often cited as a factor in the development of degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Over a normal lifespan, humans endure microtraumas and undergo bodily changes [...]
Spinal fusion is still considered the gold standard for treatment of LBP due to DDD, but it may not hold that title for much longer. Holding spinal fusion as the optimal treatment was based on the assumption that a degenerated spinal segment is either unstable or moves outside of the normal range of motion. Both [...]
As I am occasionally known to do, I am providing the list of actual company names recently identified (October 2008) 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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