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Microcatheter maker iScience Interventional announced an investment by med-tech goliath Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) to support the commercialization of its drug delivery technologies.
The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company’s microcatheter is used during the surgical treatment of glaucoma to deliver drugs to the eye.
ConforMIS Inc. is on a roll the announcement that it secured a $1.4 million loan from MassDevelopment’s Emerging Technology Fund.
The loan will go toward growing the Burlington, Mass.-based company’s supply chain and manufacturing capacity for its iTotal customized knee replacement system.
A Yale University spinout that’s developing minimally invasive laparoscopic devices, NovaTract Surgical LLC, won a slot in Connecticut Innovations’ Pre-Seed Support Services Program.
That gives the Guilford, Conn.-based company access to the brain trust at the Nutmeg State’s quasi-public investment arm, for market and intellectual property assessments and its network of potential investors.
