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Veteran surgical devices maker and B. Braun Medical Inc. subsidiary Aesculap Inc. snapped up Aragon Surgical Inc. and its radiofrequency electrosurgical instruments for tissue fusion and cutting.
Aragon’s Caiman instruments are the only radiofrequency devices on the market with an articulating end to allow surgeons more maneuverability with tissue fusion and cutting during surgery.
Medtronic Inc.’s (NYSE:MDT) got the go-ahead to pursue trials of its Symplicity catheter system for treating hypertension via renal denervation.
The system includes a catheter inserted into the renal artery near each kidney via the femoral artery in the upper thigh. A generator on the tip of the catheter delivers lower-power radio-frequency energy to "deactivate" the sympathetic nerves, lowering blood pressure.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania invested $60,000 in two Lehigh Valley, Pa.-based medical companies.
The Bethlehem, Pa.-based, state-funded organization invested $50,000 in HealthOneMed Inc. and $10,000 in B. Braun Medical Inc.
Allentown, Pa.-based HealthOneMed plans to employ the funding to complete a marketing plan for its first product, Dispense-A-Pill, a patented device that dispenses pharmaceutical tablets on a pre-programmed schedule.
