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Move a device idea from the research phase to the market > Massachusetts medical device industry > Industry-specific support > Innovation Index of the Massachusetts Economy > Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives > Dow Jones VentureSource > Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute > Worcester business incubators

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Is Massachusetts a Medtech hub that benefits from industry that has developed there close to all the universities? Is the infrastructure for both the creation of device ideas and the development of device ideas unique to the state of Massachusetts? Why can medical device companies gain a foothold in Massachusetts that they cannot gain elsewhere?

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EndoVia Medical Inc > A Hansen Medical Inc catheter-technology company > Intellectual property of 33 issued and pending patents and patent applications > Combining robotic technology and computerized movement > Electromechanical catheter manipulator controlled with commands from a workstation

Monday, January 21, 2008

Will EndoVia Medical’s second generation computer-assisted surgical devices for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and interventional medicine be beneficial for the advance of Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES? Has EndoVia further developed the robotic guidance system for controlling laparoscopic and catheter-based instruments? Will the technology open large new patient populations to less invasive procedures?

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