GRAND RAPIDS — A $500,000 grant from the Grand Rapids SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority will fund a 2 1/2-year program to use 3D printing technology to create medical device parts using medical grade materials and tolerances. The intent to cut the cost and time barriers for medical devices entering the market. More than a
ANN ARBOR — Genomenon announced that it has completed a $2.5 million equity financing round. Company officials said the financing will expand Genomenon’s commercial reach with clinical diagnostic labs, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies. Genomenon connects patient DNA with the evidence in scientific literature to help doctors provide faster and better treatment decisions for patients with
KALAMAZOO - Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions LLC, the developer of a device to improve patient safety during a heart procedure, closed on $8 million in capital raised to support clinical trials and production. The Series C capital round supports further development of Kalamazoo-based Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions’ Emblok Embolic Protection System that’s designed to collect debris in the
GRAND RAPIDS - Through a $493,690 grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, teams of Grand Valley State University faculty members and students will provide onsite care to older adults and senior citizens who are income-eligible or disabled. With oversight by Della Hughes Carter, assistant professor of nursing, onsite primary care will be provided to
ROYAL OAK - MUVE Co-Founder Anthony Shannon talks about his ride sharing application, fully focused on providing specialized and wheelchair accessible transportation for the disabled and elderly. To learn more, click on https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/episode-147-muve-ride-sharing-application-for-wheelchair-accessible-transportation
HOLLAND — The Cultivate(MD) Capital Fund established by Holland-based Genesis Innovation Group announced an investment in Bingham Farms-based SpinTech Inc., developers of brain imaging software. SpinTech says its software decreases the acquisition time for brain imaging while enabling enhanced visualization, unification, and automated identification of neurological biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain
GRAND RAPIDS - A group of Grand Valley State University students has developed a series of devices for a Michigan-based company that addresses a common problem for health care workers: keeping hands sanitized and clean. Grand Valley's applied Medical Device Institute worked with Sterilogy to develop the hand hygiene compliance system with a goal to reduce hospital
ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan researchers are part of a new federally funded effort to understand and prevent toxic algal blooms that plague portions of the Great Lakes and impact freshwater sources around the world. The new Lake Erie Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health is led by Bowling Green State University and
ANN ARBOR — Esperion Therapeutics Inc., the Ann Arbor-based pharmaceutical developer, announced positive results from the final Phase 3 test of its lead drug candidate, bempedoic acid. The company said a global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical study (Study 1002-047) showed that a dose of 180 milligrams per day of the drug showed additional lowering of
HOLLAND — Shoulder Innovations Inc. closed on $2.5 million in a Series A equity funding round led by the Michigan Angel Fund of Ann Arbor. The additional capital will go to support new product development and to acquire inventory and assets needed to accelerate growth of the Inset platform for future products and systems now in development. “It is
