eXXclaim is a new fund focused on investments in women’s health startups with medical device and mobile health solutions. Healthcare investor Dr. Anula Jayasuriya and medical device leader Karen Drexler had been talking about the problems of getting women’s health solutions funded for quite some time. Then it hit them: Schedules relatively open, the investor community […]
Springboard International’s Life Science Accelerator‘s looking for early-stage women-led startups to take under its wing. Though the accelerator offers no funding, it does connect CEOs with a wide network, Jennifer Lannon, the life science program manager at Springboard, said. While that might sound pie-in-the-sky, Springboard has a track-record of getting venture capital for its companies […]
Are you looking for a medical alert device that is elegant-looking and balances your independence and safety? Here are the best devices to choose from.
As a teenager, Surbhi Sarna, nVision Medical CEO and founder, had complex, repeat ovarian cysts. They were painful and worrisome. They couldn’t be biopsied for fear of spreading cancer, and she said the rest of the diagnostics were so poor she and her doctors basically were left to watch and see if they grew. Now, […]
Intersect ENT, a California-based medical devices company with chronic sinusitus drug-delivery solutions, presented a company overview Tuesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Chronic sinusitis, which can cause headaches, congestion, facial pain and breathing problems among other issues, affects one of seven adults in the U.S. The company’s tapped this largely unmet clinical need with […]
Channel Medsystems, a TheraNova spinout, is “white hot,” TheraNova President and CEO Dr. Daniel Burnett said. The company aims to treat heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) using cryoablation. But why is the proverbial iron hot now? Last month, Channel MedSystems completed its feasibility study on four patients in Canada, CEO Ric Cote said. And, pending FDA […]
Healthcare is not all about the patients. Yet. We are getting there, slowly but surely. The combined forces of “but we’ve always done it that way” and “but we make a lot of money from that” are putting up a good fight. But reimbursement changes, consumer-driven healthcare and startups are almost strong enough to start […]
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TheraNova is a San Francisco-based sandbox incubator and capital technology developer for medical devices. With one exception, all the ideas for technology are internally generated, CEO Dr. Daniel Burnett said. That’s led to all its medical device companies spinning out, and, like tops, they’re still going. In fact, Burnett said the company has just spun […]
It’s the day many of us resolve to do better. We’ll make time for family, pass up the cookie aisle in the grocery and hit the gym more regularly. The following healthcare startups CEOs are brave enough to make their resolutions public, sharing them with MedCity and adding an accountability factor. Some challenge the status […]
This has been a rough year for medtech companies, with the device tax, the venture capital drying up and biotech flaunting its IPO muscles just for show. But, there have been many bright spots, often in the form of acquisitions, innovation and even just plain old humor. Here are the most quotable quotes from medtech’s […]
We have the sharks for an all healthcare Shark Tank, now we need the startups. Although someone pointed out on Twitter that Vinod Khosla should be in this group, and it’s true, he should be. So with that addition, what entrepreneurs should be pitching to this group on Friday night? Deanna, Stephanie, Amanda and I […]
Medical billing is a tedious administrative task, but outsourcing it may be the key to increased revenue. Explore the top medical billing outsourcing companies and the benefits of partnering with one.
TherOx, an Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company, seeks $25 million for the final push to bring its treatment to increase the quality of life for heart attack patients. The company’s optimized “super-saturated oxygen” (SSO2) offers a solution to reduce infarct size by increasing oxygen to heart tissue damaged during percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting. Following an FDA […]
You’ve cracked open the crate of cranberries, stuck the turkey in the oven and are well into filling your second muffin tin with cornbread batter. And just in time for dinner, MedCity is here to talk about innovative obesity treatments, both pharmaceutical options and medical devices. 1) An endoscopic option for patients who are just a […]
California-based medical device company TS3 has raised $100,000 of the $3 million it will seek during the next six to nine months, Founder and CEO Mallik Thatipelli said. The money will fund the healthcare startup’s peripheral artery disease tech that aims to replace subintimal dissection. This would especially help the 40 percent of PAD patients with chronic […]
Sleep apnea is an area that is ripe for healthcare startups to swoop in, innovate and come out strong. California-based Somnarus is putting its hat into the $8 billion ring with a patch that can diagnose sleep apnea. While CPAP compliance is one of the biggest issues for diagnosed sleep apnea patients, diagnosis looms even […]
Human Design Medical‘s Z1, which claims to be the smallest, lightest CPAP machine, hit the market Tuesday. It works with all CPAP masks. The target market? Sleep apnea patients on the go. Weighing in at only 10 ounces and palm-sized, it makes the industry standard look as clunky as a boombox with the advent of […]