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AdvaMed 2010 (October 18-20, 2010)


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MedTech Companies & Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Universities Present Life Changing Medical Devices/Technologies and Company Profiles to Industry Leaders and Investors at AdvaMed 2010

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"Funding Forums" Address Venture Capital and Government Funding Opportunities

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 60 innovative medical technology companies have been competitively selected to present company profiles before potential investors, partners and industry stakeholders, October 19 and 20 at AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference. Selected companies represent innovation at all stages of development from various medical device sectors, and come from across the United States, Austria, Canada, Chile, Israel, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. New this year are 20 company presentations from Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Universities and two "Funding Forums" to highlight venture capital and government funding opportunities for emerging growth and established companies.

"We have selected a diverse group of companies with technologies that range from addressing traumatic brain injuries with medical neurotechnology to photonic tumor therapy and everything in-between," said Etienne Lagace, a Principal of Inovia Healthcare Ventures of Canada and a member of the AdvaMed 2010 company presentation selection committee. "These presentations and funding forums will provide companies with insights into the latest and most innovative technologies of today and tomorrow, as well as the funding opportunities available to develop these new, life saving and life changing medical devices. As an investor and an industry stakeholder, I look forward to hearing from all the companies and academic entrepreneurs."

AdvaMed 2010 presenting companies include the following:

4ibio, Pickering, Ontario, Canada

20/20 GeneSystems, Inc., Rockville, Maryland

Activiews, Inc., Lynnfield, Massachusetts

Advanced Dental Technology, Richmond, Virginia

Altrika, Inc. Sheffield, United Kingdom

Alverix, Inc., San Jose, California

AMES Technology, Inc., Portland, Oregon

Avancen MOD Corporation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Biocompatibles International plc., Farnham, United Kingdom

BrainScope Company, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland

Calgary Scientific Inc., Calgary, Alberta, Canada

CerviLenz, Inc, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Circuport, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey

Claro Scientific, St. Petersburg, Florida

Cohera Medical, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CogniSens, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

ConvaTec Inc., Skillman, New Jersey

CSA Medical, Baltimore, Maryland

CytoPherx, Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan

CytoSorbents Corporation, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey

DioGenix, Gaithersburg, Maryland

eSight Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

EastMed Inc, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Echometrix, Madison, Wisconsin

EGI, Eugene, Oregon

Endosense SA, Geneva, Switzerland

Endomimetrics, Birmingham, Alabama

Flowsense Medical Ltd., Misgav, Israel

GeneEx, Inc., Hialech, Florida

Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel

Healionics Corporation, Seattle, Washington

Healthpoint, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas

Interface Biologics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jabil, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida

Lineagen, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah

MONITOR-it S.A., Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg

NovaScan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Noxilizer, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland

Oncoscope, Inc, Durham, N. Carolina

Photo Dynamic Therapy LLC, Vienna, Austria

Profound Medical Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Regenesis Biomedical Inc, Scottsdale, Arizona

S.E.A. Medical Systems, Inc, Santa Clara, California

Semprus BioSciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts

SendSor Group, Lafayette, Indiana

Sphere Medical, Cambridge, United Kingdom

StemCellRX, Chile

Tissue Fusion, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado

TrusTech, Manchester, England

ValveXchange, Inc., Aurora, Colorado

ZSX Medical, LLC, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

In addition to the companies listed above, from 2:50 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, October 19, the Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Universities -- Boston University, Case Western Reserve University, Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland, University of Virginia, University of Washington and University of Wisconsin -- will present 20 innovative and exciting advances solving pressing, unmet clinical needs. These presentations will focus on advances in the following areas -- cardiovascular, IVD diagnostics, imaging, neurology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, surgical tools, tissue regeneration and wound healing.

"To further assist emerging growth companies and foster innovation, AdvaMed 2010 will host two funding forums on Tuesday, October 19," said Mr. Richard Holdren, a Texas-based angel investor with Healthcare Angels and AdvaMed 2010 Business Development Committee member. The two forums are titled "Tap Into $2 Billion in Government Funding" and "Venture Funding." "These forums will focus on the SBIR and STTR federal small business grant and contract programs and today's venture capital investment environment," Holdren said.

Pete Shagory, Principal with Baird Venture Partners will lead the Venture Funding forum. Both the National Venture Capital Association and the Angel Capital Association support AdvaMed 2010: The MedTech Conference activities.

About AdvaMed:

AdvaMed member companies produce the medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems that are transforming health care through earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures and more effective treatments. AdvaMed members range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. For more information, visit www.AdvaMed.org.

About AdvaMed 2010:

AdvaMed 2010 is the premier MedTech conference for business leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, media, financiers, and other industry stakeholders from around the world. In its second year, AdvaMed 2009 attracted 1,400 plus industry leaders – including 500+ CEOs, Presidents and C-level executives.

In today's economic and political climate, AdvaMed 2010 is this year's can't miss MedTech event for networking; conducting partnering meetings; influencing policymakers and the media; and participating in educational sessions. Whether you need to finance, partner, or license technology; learn the latest important developments in reimbursement, regulatory, legal, intellectual property, and other critical areas; or meet with and hear from leaders in the Obama Administration and Congress, AdvaMed 2010 is your introduction to key decision-makers. For more information, visit www.AdvaMed2010.com .

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