Healthcare tech group Mediware Information Systems said it tapped former United-Health Group subsidiary OptumInsight chief exec Bill Miller as its new CEO, replacing Kelly Mann, who has served in the corner office since 2007. Mediware said that Miller will work with the Lenexa, Kansas-based company’s management to “build and accelerate the company’s platform” to expand […]
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FDA clears OrthoAccel’s AcceleDent Optima
OrthoAccel Technologies said today that the FDA approved its AcceleDent Optima device as the 1st and only connected orthodontic device that incorporates usage monitoring and direct messaging through the AcceleDent app. The device is OrthoAccel’s 3rd-gen vibratory accelerated orthodontic product to be commercially available within the last 6 years. Optima is small, lightweight, waterproof and […]
OrthoAccel raises $5m
OrthoAccel Technologies has raised $5 million in a new offering of equity and warrants, according to an SEC filing posted this week. Money in the round came from 6 anonymous sources, and the company has not yet stated how it plans to use funds raised in the round. OrthoAccel is seeking an additional $13.2 million […]
Propel Orthodontics ratchets up patent spat with OrthoAccel Technologies
Propel Orthodontics said today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeals Board accepted a petition for an Inter Partes review of a patent spat between it and rival OrthoAccel Technologies. The patent is for OrthoAccel’s AcceleDent, and covers a “vibrating orthodontic remodeling device,” according to court documents supplied by Propel, which […]
OrthoAccel closes $12m Series C
OrthoAccel Technologies said today it closed a $12 million Series C funding round to support its AcceleDent orthodontic treatment device. The company’s AcceleDent orthodontic device is designed to accelerate tooth movement using sonic technology. The round was joined by existing institutional equity investors S3 Ventures and Healthpoint Capital as well as new investor Piper Jaffray […]
OrthoAccel Technologies drums up another $5m
OrthoAccel Technologies raised another $5 million equity round, more than 2 years after a previous raise brought in the same amount. The Houston-based company makes the AcceleDent device, which is designed to accelerate tooth movement using sonic technology. Ina regulatory filing OrthoAccel said 11 unnamed investors participated in the round. The $5 million raised in January 2014 […]
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OrthoAccel lands $5M in equity round
OrthoAccel Technologies said it brought in $5 million in an equity offering.
The Houston-based company makes the AccelaDent device, which is designed to accelerate tooth movement using sonic technology.
The $5 million came from existing backers Healthpoint Capital and S3 Ventures, along with standing stockholders, according to a press release.
Former Wound Management CEO resigns as CFO, board member | Personnel Moves
Wound Management Technologies CFO and board member Scott Haire tenders resignation
Wound Management Technologies chief financial officer and board member Scott Haire tendered his full resignation, effective May 25, in a letter addressed to the company’s board of directors.
Conceptus names new CEO, lowers 2012 guidance | Personnel Moves
In a sudden switch, Conceptus (NSDQ:CPTS) named Keith Grossman president & CEO upon the resignation of Mark Sieczkarek, whose departure was announced on the heels of lowered sales guidance for 2012.
Sieczkarek’s resignation, after 7 years at the helm, was announced simultaneously with Grossman’s appointment. Grossman will join the company’s board of directors, from which Sieczkarek also resigned.
