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Checkpoint Surgical wins breakthrough device designation for nerve regeneration device

September 11, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

Checkpoint Surgical today said it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its brief electrostimulation therapy system. The Cleveland-based company’s brief electrostimulation therapy (BEST) system is designed to stimulate peripheral nerves to promote nerve regeneration when used with surgical intervention following a nerve injury, according to the company. “We are pleased to receive the Breakthrough Device […]

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

Checkpoint Surgical touts nerve monitor study results

May 30, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

Checkpoint Surgical today announced the results of a study that called its handheld nerve monitor a safe and reliable alternative to existing technology for neural monitoring during surgery. The retrospective study compared the use of the Cleveland, Ohio-based company’s Checkpoint nerve stimulator/locator to Medtronic’s nerve integrity monitor for vagal, recurrent and superior laryngeal nerve monitoring […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well, Surgical Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Medtronic

Checkpoint Surgical raises $9m for neurostim device

September 28, 2018 By Brad Perriello

Checkpoint Surgical said today that it raised another $9 million for the handheld nerve monitor it’s developing. The Cleveland-based company said the $8.8 million round was led by Mutual Capital Partners and included prior backers First Analysis, the JumpStart NEXT Fund and several individual investors. Checkpoint said it plans to use the proceeds to build out its sales […]

Filed Under: Featured, Funding Roundup, Surgical, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

Checkpoint Surgical closes $7.5m funding round

December 17, 2015 By Fink Densford

Neuroprotective device maker Checkpoint Surgical said it closed its 1st round of institutional financing, bringing in $7.5 million for its Checkpoint handheld nerve monitor. The Checkpoint Stimulator/Locater stimulates motor nerves so surgeons can avoid damaging them during surgery. The device also helps physicians gauge nerve and muscle health. The device has been on the U.S. market since […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Surgical Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

Checkpoint Surgical raises $7.5M for nerve-detector technology

August 1, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

Checkpoint Surgical raises $7.5M for nerve-detector technology

Checkpoint Surgical is looking for another $2.5 million to cap off a $10 million equity funding round originally launched in 2011, according to the company’s SEC documents.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well, Surgical Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

Ortho market growth stable but low | Wall Street Beat

February 15, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

MassDevice.com Wall Street Beat

The market for hip and knee implants is stable but mired in a low-growth stage, according to analysts who attended the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons conference in San Francisco last week.

Although the abrupt departure of Stryker CEO Steve MacMillan drew the lion’s share of attention at the AAOS event, analysts from Barclays Capital and Leerink Swann agreed that the sector’s outlook calls for low-single-digit growth.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, Mergers & Acquisitions, News Well, Orthopedics, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Abiomed, Adocia, Asalus Medical, Athenahealth Inc., Baxter, BG Medicine Inc., BioStart, Cardinal Health, CardioComm, Cayenne Medical, Checkpoint Surgical, Cook Medical, Cutera Inc., Cynosure Inc., Daxor Corp., Deals Roundup, Delcath Systems Inc., Dentsply Sirona, Dexcom, dextera, EDAP TMS SA, Edwards Lifesciences, Eos Imaging, Focus Product Development, GE Healthcare, Halt Medical, Hillrom, Hospira Inc., Insulet, Iridex Corp., Medisafe Technologies Corp., Merit Medical Systems, NovaRay Medical, Organovo, Ostial Solutions, PositiveID Corp., Rockwell Medical Technologies, Secure eHealth, Smith & Nephew, SOLOS Endoscopy Inc., Solta Medical Inc., Syneron Medical Ltd., Synovis Life Technologies Inc., tandemdiabetes, titanmedical, Toshiba, Volker Group, Wound Management Technologies

iRobot invests $6M into telemedicine company | Funding Roundup

February 2, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

iRobot
InTouch Health

iRobot Corp. (NSDQ: IRBT), famous for their Roomba automated cleaning robots, invested $6 million and launched an extended partnership with InTouch Health, which develops telemedicine systems for providing remote health care.

The venture builds on an existing relationship that the companies announced last summer, under which the companies engaged in a development and licensing agreement.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Athersys Inc., CartiHeal Ltd., Checkpoint Surgical, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, EDAP TMS SA, InterValve Inc., InTouch Health, iRobot, Joslin Diabetes Center, Mevion Medical Systems, nContact Inc., ProUroCare Medical Inc., Remote Patient Monitoring, S.E.A. Medical Systems Inc., SpectraScience Inc., Synchro Medical Solutions, Venture Capital/Private Equity

Northeast Ohio attracts neurotech cluster

January 14, 2011 By MedCity News Leave a Comment

Cleveland Clinic neuromodulation spinoff Intelect Medical may have stealthily exited Cleveland to set up shop in Boston, but the company’s recent $78 million sale to Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) highlights Northeast Ohio’s growing strength in neurotechnology.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, News Well Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical, Cleveland Clinic, CleveMed, NDI Medical, Neuros Medical Inc., NeuroWave Systems Inc., Synapse Biomedical Inc.

Checkpoint Surgical launches nerves detector

June 10, 2010 By MedCity News Leave a Comment

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By Mary Vanac

Checkpoint Surgical has begun a national launch of its hand-held device used to identify nerves during surgery.

The Checkpoint Stimulator/Locator stimulates motor nerves so surgeons can avoid damaging them during surgery. The device also helps physicians gauge nerve and muscle health.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, News Well, Surgical Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

Checkpoint Surgical pulls in $250,000 to build sales team

April 19, 2010 By MedCity News Leave a Comment

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By Mary Vanac

Checkpoint Surgical Inc. raised an additional $250,000 from angel investor group Medical Growth Fund to build a sales force and distribution network for its disposable surgical device.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Neurological, News Well Tagged With: Checkpoint Surgical

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