The forum provided focused overviews by a senior executive from each company, followed by the opportunity to meet one-on-one in private breakout rooms.

The presenting companies included:

Accumed Systems, Inc. -- interventional cardiovascular devices

Acueity, Inc. -- microendoscopic system with enhanced optical imaging for breast cancer detection and other applications

Advanced Medical Technologies, Ltd. -- single-use, disposable safety syringes

Appriva Medical, Inc. -- medical device for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

APTI Medical, LLC -- real-time, digital hyperspectral imaging for colonoscopy and other medical applications

Artemis Medical, Inc. -- minimally invasive surgical and interventional treatment of breast and other cancers

Artes Medical, Inc. -- injectable microspheres for the permanent treatment of GERD, SUI, facial wrinkles, scars, fecal incontinence and tumor embolisation

Berlin Heart AG -- cardiac support systems including an axial pump and pulsatile VAD system

Bioheart, Inc. -- cell transplantation technology for heart muscle regeneration

BioLuminate, Inc. -- disposable Smart Needle device for early breast cancer detection

Biowave Corporation -- non-invasive electronic pain control

BTG International, Ltd. -- surgical sealant technology for ophthalmic surgery

CardialCare, Inc. -- ventricular assist system and minimal invasive intra-ventricular temporary blood pump

CardioFocus, Inc. -- photonics-based cardiovascular devices

Cardio-optics, Inc. -- visualization technology to enable real-time imaging of tissues normally obscured by blood

Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. -- non-invasive, painless breast cancer detection

CryoVascular Systems, Inc. -- catheter system to prevent post- angioplasty/stent placement coronary artery restenosis

Deltex Medical Group, plc -- non-invasive, bedside monitors NeuroQ to assess blood circulation in the brain and CardioQ to assess continuous cardiac function

Electrical Geodesics, Inc. -- dense-array EEG system for functional brain imaging

eScreen, Inc. -- web enabled in-vitro diagnostic drug screening device and reporting system

Fluidsense Corporation -- infusion pump for IV therapy

Focus Surgery, Inc. -- minimally invasive ultrasound device for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

ImPres Medical, Inc. –- platform technology for the management of gynecologic disorders, including abnormal uterine bleeding

Inlet Medical, Inc. –- laparoscopic surgical instruments and components focused on women’s health

Integrated Medical Systems, Inc. -- LSTAT, portable intensive care unit integrating the medical, data and utilities of a hospital ICU in a 5 inch thick patient-care platform

Intranasal Technology, Inc. –- alternative drug delivery platform

Lucid, Inc. –- cellular imaging technology delivered via Internet for real-time diagnostic information  

Medical Compression Systems, Ltd. -- devices for treatment of deep vein thrombosis

Medical Dynamics, LLC -- devices for treatment of deep vein thrombosis, venous stasis, and other circulatory disorders

Micro Therapeutics, Inc. -- minimally invasive devices for the treatment of neuro and peripheral vascular diseases

Microvision, Inc. -- photonics, optics, and high speed scanning technologies

MitraLife -- medical device for the treatment of congestive heart failure

NEOSeed Technology, LLC -- devices for prostate brachytherapy

OmniCorder Technologies, Inc. -- biomedical infrared imaging system

ONUX Medical, Inc. -- tissue attachment, closure, and needle-less suturing

Ortheon Medical, LLC -- Teno Fix technology for hand, Achilles, and shoulder tendon repair

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. -- stem cell therapy for damaged and diseased tissues

Power Medical Interventions, Inc. -- flexible endoscopic stapling

RenalTech International, LLC –- BetaSorb device to treat chronic kidney disease patients in combination with high-flux hemodialysis

Sensatex, Inc./LifeLink, Inc. -- SmartShirt, a wireless device for remote monitoring

SOUNDTEC, Inc. -- semi-implantable hearing system

Spectrasonics, Inc. -- high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy and tissue parameter imaging

Tandem Medical, Inc. -- drug delivery system for pre-determined infusion protocols

Thuris Corporation -- diagnosis and analysis of brain conditions and brain drugs

Tissue Transformation Technologies, Inc. -- cell-based in vitro models for research, drug metabolism, toxicity, and compound screening

TransDerm Technologies, LLC -- non-invasive, point-of-care transdermal detection of metals, drugs, and metabolites

Transurgical, Inc. -- therapeutic ultrasound catheter system to treat atrial fibrillation  

Triage Medical, Inc. -- surgical fixation devices for orthopedic, oral-maxillofacial, and podiatric applications

UltraShape -- totally non-invasive ultrasonic body contouring

Vasconnect, Inc. -- automated anatomotic connectors for coronary artery bypass procedures

Vascular Control Systems, Inc. -- guidance-assisted suturing and ligation

Voxel, Inc. -- three dimensional imaging

Zassi Medical Evolutions, Inc. -- devices for ostomy care and management

Z-KAT, Inc. -- digitally-based image-guided surgical systems

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