December 2011 medtech financings


1	Medtech Financings, December 2011
2		Compiled by MedMarket Diligence, LLC
3		http://www.mediligence.com
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5	Funding amount ($millions)	Company, funding	Product or technology
6	$65.00	HeartFlow, Inc., has raised $64 million of a planned $75 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Cardiovascular diagnostics based on computed tomography measurement of functional flow reserve
7	$41.87	AcuFocus, Inc., has raised $41.87 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Corneal inlay implant for vision correction
8	$39.00	Tissue Regenix Group plc has raised $39 million (£25 million) in a round of funding according to the company	Tissue decellularization to reduce immunogenicity of tissue transplants
9	$35.10	Uptake Medical Corp. has raised $35.1 million of a planned $41.7 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Endoscopic lung volume reduction
10	$34.00	Ember Therapeutics has raised $34 million in a Series A round of funding according to press reports	Treatments of metabolic orders (e.g., diabetes) and obesity
11	$30.00	Hansen Medical, Inc., has secured a $30 million debt facility Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank	Catheter robotics technologies
12	$25.00	Cohera Medical, Inc., has raised $25 million in a Series C round of funding, according to the company	Non-toxic, bioabsorbable adhesive for surgical wounds
13	$20.50	CA Medical has raised $20.5 million in a Series B round of funding, according to press reports	Spray cryotherapy system
14	$18.78	Svelte Medical Systems, Inc., has raised $18.78 million of a planned $35 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Developing a non-thrombogenic, non-inflammatory drug-eluting stent
15	$16.20	Aspire Bariatrics, LLC, has raised $16 million of a planned $20 million round of funding	Obesity treatment using percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes
16	$15.00	Celsion is raising $15 million in a private placement according to press reports	Heat-activated liposomal drug delivery for cancer
17	$14.89	TransEnterix, Inc., has raised $14.89 million of a planned $15 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Laparoscopic surgery instrumentation
18	$14.84	BeneChill, Inc., has raised $14.84 million of a planned $25.59 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Therapeutic hypothermia technologies
19	$12.20	Sotera Wireless has raised $12.2 million in its fourth round of financing according to the company	Continuous wireless vital signs monitoring
20	$11.70	Medrobotics Corp. (formerly Cardiorobotics, Inc.) has raised $11.7 million in a Series C round of funding according to the company	Robotics for single-site surgical and interventional procedures
21	$9.30	Velomedix, Inc., has raised $9.3 million of a planned $10.7 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Therapeutic hypothermia for treatment of ischemic and reperfusion injury effects of cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke and traumatic brain injur
22	$6.56	Cerevast Therapeutics, Inc., has raised $6.56 million of a planned $15.75 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Non-invasive ultrasound treatment of ischemic stroke.
23	$6.00	Grove Instruments, Inc., has raised $6 million in a Series B round of funding, according to the company	Non-invasive glucose measurement in diabetes
24	$5.55	Endostim, Inc., has raised $5.55 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Neurstimulation technologies for treatment of a range of disorders
25	$4.70	MedLumics has raised $4.7 million (€3.5 million) in a Series A round of funding according to the company	Optical coherence tomography diagnostic imaging
26	$4.00	Clear Catheter Systems, Inc., has raised $4 million in a round of funding according to press reports	Technology to ensure catheters are free of obstructions
27	$3.09	Pulse Therapeutics, Inc., has raised $3.09 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Device technology for treatment of stroke
28	$2.50	Tribogenics, Inc., has raised $2.5 million in a round of funding according to the company	Portable x-ray technology
29	$2.50	KSpine, Inc., has raised $2.5 million according to press reports	Device treatment for scoliosis
30	$2.28	Corinthian Ophthalmic, Inc., has raised $2.28 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Ophthalmic drug delivery device
31	$2.00	Intuitive BeneChill, LLC, has raised $2 million of a planned $8 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Patient cooling systems
32	$2.00	Miromatrix Medical, Inc., has raised $2 million of a planned $3 million funding round, according to a regulatory filing	Tissue/organ regeneration
33	$1.25	Uromedica, Inc., has raised $1.25 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Minimally invasive implant for the treatment of urinary incontinence
34	$1.10	Islet Sciences, Inc., has raised $1.1 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Islet cell-based treatment of diabetes
35	$1.00	Nano Vibronix, Inc., has raised $1 million in a round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Portable therapeutic ultrasound
36	$0.88	Tolera Therapeutics, Inc., has raised $883K of a planned $1.65 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Treatment of type 1 diabetes and anti-rejection in organ transplant
37	$0.75	Allurion Technologies, Inc. (formerly SLG Medical) has raised $750K in funding according to press reports	Obesity treatment device
38	$0.50	Preceptis Medical, Inc., has raised $500K of a planned $1.5 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Device technology to allow ENT surgery (e.g., typanostomy) to be performed without general anesthesia
39	$0.30	Physcient, Inc., has raised $300K of a planned $4 million round of funding according to a regulatory filing	Hand-held, robotic surgical instruments
40	$0.25	BrainScope Co., Inc., has raised $250K from the Maryland Venture Fund	Handheld device for non-invasive assessment of brain injury
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42	$450.59	Total
43	$10.42	Average deal size
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45	Reports from MedMarket Diligence:
46		http://mediligence.com
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49		http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s190.htm
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51		Worldwide Spine Surgery 2011: Products, Technologies, Markets & Opportunities, Worldwide, 2010-2020
52		http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-m520.htm
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55		http://www.mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s835.htm
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57		Diabetes Management Worldwide
58		http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-d510.htm
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60		Ablation Technologies Worldwide
61		http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-a145.htm
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63		Tissue Engineering & Cell Therapy Worldwide
64		http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s520.htm
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66		Worldwide Wound Management 2009-2018
67		http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-s247.htm
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70		http://mediligence.com/rpt/rpt-c245.htm