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MassMEDIC 11th Annual Medtech Investors Conference

RBCyte looks to automate blood collection

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MassDevice is liveblogging the MassMEDIC 11th Annual Medtech Investors Conference. We’re talking to the officers and executives of some of the hottest under-the-radar medical device firms around, finding out how and why their technologies will separate them from the pack.

RBCyte Inc., Walpole, Mass.

RBCyte’s automated blood collection system can process up to six units of whole blood simultaneously.

Officers
Jacques Chammas, President & CEO
Joseph Plante, EVP & COO
Melissa Lynch, EVP & CFO
Ronald Gilcher, Medical Director

Ankota targets the home healthcare software market

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Ankota, Wellesley, Mass.

Ankota’s software is designed to improve the efficiency and efficacy of home healthcare.

Officers
Will Hicklen, President & CEO
J. Hunter Young, CMO
Ken Accardi, CTO
Marc Ottinger, CFO

Zoiray Technologies aims to expand diagnostics by miniaturizing assay tests

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Zoiray Technologies Inc., Boston

Zoiray makes a simple-to-use tabletop units that scan binding interactions in real time, label-free.

Officers
David Bergstein, President & CEO
Linda Smith, VP of Marketing
Directors
David Bergstein, M. Selim Unlu, Charles DeLisi

“So what” is still the biggest hurdle

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Potter Stewart would be proud to know that his old adage about pornography keeps finding its way into modern parlance.

This time it was Richard Anders, the founder of MA2 Angels, who used the hoary old saw in talking about determining a good entrepreneur. In short, there’s no science to it, but like the business of sin, you know it when you see it.

Prochon Biotech looks to rebuild damaged knees

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Prochon Biotech Ltd., Woburn, Mass.

Prochon Biotech is developing a system to regenerate cartilage in knees using cell regeneration technologies, proprietary growth factors and biocompatible scaffolds.

Officers
Patrick T. O’Donnell, CEO
Kirk Andriano, Chief Technical Officer
Avner Yayon, CSO
Kevin McArdle, CFO

Optasia Medical’s joint imaging software

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Optasia Medical, Sudbury, Mass.

Augmenix Inc.’s polymers for radiation oncology

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Augmenix Inc., Waltham, Mass.

Augmenix is developing a hydrogel product to temporarily position the anterior rectal wall away from the prostate during radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

Officers
Amar Sawhney, President & CEO
Brad Poff, GM
Jim Fortune, COO

GlycoZym’s next-gen cancer diagnostics

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GlycoZym, Beverly, Mass.

GlycoZym is developing a next-generation diagnostic system and biomarkers for diseases including breast, ovarian, lung, prostate, colon and pancreatic cancers.

Officers
Thayer White, President & CEO
Directors
Thayer White, Greg Chase
Principal Investor
Greg Chase

Facet Solutions has a better way to repair lumbar spinal stenosis

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Facet Solutions, Hopkinton, Mass.

Facet Solutions’ facet joint reconstruction device aims to restore pain-free motion to lumbar spinal stenosis patients.

Officers
Geoff Pardo, CEO
Marc Peterman, VP of R&D
Eric Bannon, VP of Regulatory/ Clinical Affairs
Susan Heddon, VP of Clinical Trial Operations
Jen Vitelli, Corporate Controller

Aponos Medical’s tissue management platform

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Aponos Medical Corp., Kingston, N.H.

Aponos Medical makes a dime-sized device to close incisions made during surgical procedures.

Officers
Ken Spector, Co-founder & CEO
Denis LaBombard, Co-founder & CTO
Frank Patterson, Co-founder & VP of Development

Profound Medical’s prostate cancer treatment

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Profound Medical Inc., Toronto, Ont.