The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Arthrosurface ,Franklin, Massachusetts

Oseteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease or degenerative arthritis, is not a new disease – evidence of it has been found in skeletons from the Ice Age. But effective methods of stopping the disease, especially ones appropriate for young and middle-aged adults, have been elusive. In the United States, anywhere from 16 million to

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Deal Radar 2010: OmniGuide

OmniGuide, Inc. develops and commercializes high-precision, flexible, minimally invasive surgical instruments. OmniGuide’s family of indication-targeted fiber-optic scalpels enable flexible delivery of clinically beneficial CO2 laser energy, thereby broadening the field of minimally invasive surgery.

Deal Radar 2009: ClearCount Medical Solutions

Retained sponges, or gossypiboma, is one of the oldest documented surgical complications, and can result in significant patient morbidity, infection, and even death. Today, Deal Radar focuses on one company that seeks to reduce the number of such cases, ClearCount Medical Solutions. ClearCount Medical Solutions develops surgical sponges tagged with patented radiofrequency identification (RFID)-enabled technology,

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