Seeking Partners for Melanoma-Detection Device

With its final pivotal trial moving along as planned, Irvington, NY-based Electro-Optical Sciences is actively initiating partnering discussions for its point-of-case melanoma-detection device. MelaFind is a handheld imaging device that emits 10 different wavelengths of light up to 2.5mm deep into the skin...

FDA Clears Thumb Implant for Osteoarthritis

Small Bone Innovations (SBi), a New York, NY, company focused exclusively on small bone and joint orthopedic devices, has received FDA clearance to market a new implant for osteoarthritis at the base of the thumb. The product, Artelon CMC Spacer Arthro, is an extension of SBi’s existing line of carpal...

NeuroVasx Submits 501(k) for Cerebral Aneurysm Device

NeuroVasx, a Maple Grove, MN, company that makes devices for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke, has submitted a 510(k) application for a new device that treats cerebral aneurysms. The cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System is an aneurysm filler device, which, through a micro-catheter, delivers a polymeric strand into...

Sontra Medical Closes $1 Million Financing

Sontra Medical Corporation, a Franklin, MA company focused on transdermal drug delivery and diagnosis, has closed $1 million in financing. Internal sources — a board member and an executive — contributed $105,000 of the sum. Sontra issued one-million $1 units; additional closings, where the...

Up Next: Nicotine Replacement Devices

Next Safety, a West Jefferson, NC, company that makes respirators, is now using its technology to develop pulmonary drug delivery and nicotine replacement devices. The technology uses a stream of purified air to deliver medications deep into the pulmonary system. Next Safety says the mechanism is superior to...

CryoLife Armed with Patent and DoD Funding

CryoLife, based in Kennesaw, GA, has been awarded a U.S. patent for a new technology for filling and sealing open wounds. The product, BioFoam, is a protein hydrogel foam with an expansion agent that quickly fills wounds when dispensed. It is currently being developed by CryoLife scientists as a hemostatic...

Intuitive Inks Deal for New Position-Tracking System

Sunnyvale, CA-based Intuitive Surgical has signed a deal with Luna Innovations, of Roanoke, VA, whereby Luna will supply its shape-sensing and position-tracking system for integration into Intuitive’s products, including the popular da Vinci Surgical System. The daVinci system is a robotic operating...

St. Louis Pharma Firm Acquires Local Coatings Company

Two St. Louis life sciences companies have teamed up to create a pharmaceutical firm with enhanced drug-delivery capabilities for both generic and branded drugs. KV Pharmaceutical Company has acquired all technologies, assets and related intellectual property of privately held Particle and Coating...