Medical Devices

Cortera Neurotechnologies

Brief Description

Cortera Neurotechnologies, Inc. designs medical devices aimed at revolutionizing the treatment of incurable neurological conditions. The company's mission was to deliver innovative products that improve patient care, quality of life and advance neuroscientific research.

Rikky Muller (PhD ’13 EECS) invented the company's foundational technology, a micro-electrocorticography (ECoG) device, as a PhD student in electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley. The small implant — as thin as plastic wrap and as flexible as a soft contact lens — can record...

Mammoth Biosciences

Brief Description

Mammoth’s vision is to provide a CRISPR-based platform on which an infinite number of tests can be built by both ourselves and our partners - democratizing access to an endless variety of tests for bio sensing in healthcare, as well as across industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, forensics, and more.

Timeline 2017. Company founded Inventors

Jennifer Doudna, Alexandra Seletsky, Amanda Mok, Brittney Wai-Li Thornton, David Frank Savage, Dylan Smock, Eli Dugan, Emeric Jean Charles, Gavin Knott, James Doudna Cate, John Desmarais, Liana Lareau,...

Microreactor Technologies

Brief Description

Developer of miniature bioreactor technology platforms. The company offers improved cell fermentation and cultivation productivity services. It develops and operates Micro-24, fermentation and cell culture system which runs up to 24 simultaneous experiments with independent control of each reactor's gas supply, temperature, and pH.

Microreactor Technologies, Inc. was acquired by Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, in 2010.

Timeline 2003. Company founded 2010. Company...

NanoVasc

Brief Description

NanoVasc, Inc. is a medical device company that designs and manufactures biomimetic materials that are non-thrombogenic, durable and demonstrate long-term patency. The Company uses an electrospinning process to manufacture scaffolds in a multitude of shapes and sizes, and then application-specific modifications are applied to the scaffolds surface in order to achieve desired results. These specific modifications are designed to optimize the devices outcome based on its delivery location. The Company's first product is a synthetic vascular graft for hemodialysis access....

CaseForge, Inc.

Brief Description

CaseForge produces personalized stabilizers for use in research and clinical imaging. These stabilizers interface with medical devices to precisely position the patient and eliminate motion, guaranteeing comfortable, fast, simple placement consistency across treatments.

The company was founded by graduate students in the lab of Dr. Jack Gallant, a professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology, and an affiliate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and programs in Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Biophysics and Vision...

Vitruvian Medical Devices

Brief Description

Vitruvian Medical Devices specializes in surgical device innovations and wound care. The company's first product, MYOSEAL, is a sealing spray designed to prevent incisional hernias post operations. The company is working on refining a second product, the Sentinel Bandage - a bandage that senses tissue damage in real-time to prevent the formation of pressure ulcers.

The company has been incubated in the UCSF Catalyst Program, UCSF LaunchPad, QB3 Startup-in-a-Box, and National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean Startup.

Timeline...

Thuris Corporation

Brief Description

Thuris Corporation was a biopharmaceutical company focused on medical device solutions to aid in drug development and diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) disorders including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Thuris was also developing pharmaceuticals for select CNS orphan and niche indications ranging from ischemia-related conditions, brain inflammation and Huntington's disease. Thuris received 510k FDA clearance for a non-invasive medical device, the NeuroGraph, for diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders over a broad range of brain-...

Tenaya Therapeutics

Brief Description

Tenaya Therapeutics is shaping the future of heart disease treatment driven by a mission to discover, develop, and deliver curative therapies that address the underlying drivers of heart disease. Tenaya is developing therapies for rare genetic disorders as well as for more prevalent heart conditions through three platforms: Gene Therapy, Cellular Regeneration, and Precision Medicine. The company was founded by leading cardiology researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and UT Southwestern, and backed by a top-tier syndicate of investors.

Timeline 2016...

Synvivia, Inc.

Brief Description

Synvivia is a synthetic biology company that optimizes cell behavior for gene therapy manufacturing, providing a practical solution for genetically encoded biocontainment. The company is building genetically encoded biocontainment technologies that will enable the widespread use of synthetic biology outside of the laboratory.

The company's technology was developed at UC Berkeley with grants from the NSF and DARPA. The work was published in ACS Synthetic Biology and featured as an Editor’s Choice in Science Magazine. Synvivia has exclusive license to the...

ArKal Medical Inc.

Brief Description

ArKal Medical has developed the next generation continuous glucose monitoring system, using its minimally invasive, proprietary and patented MicroTipª technology. The Microtipsª provide painless access to ISF glucose. The ArKal CGM sensor is worn externally on the skin like a patch and measures glucose using classical electrochemical glucose oxidase enzyme-based chemistry. The GlucoPodª CGM system consists of three main components: a disposable sensor patch, a reusable transmitter, and a reusable wireless smart receiver.

Timeline 2004. Company founded...