Tech Companies to Watch

Umbie Health Corp.

We are creating a web-based and mobile application for the healthcare industry. Our first product is Umbie Office (www.umbieoffice.com), which is currently in development. Other applications in research/prototype are Umbie HomeCare and Umbie HospiceCare. We also create custom web and mobile applications for providers, payers, and other healthcare organizations.

Umbie Health Corp.
East Hartford, CT
Jeremy Hamel, President
http://www.umbiehealth.com

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Smart Health and Fitness LLC

Smart Health and Fitness (“SmartHF”) designs and markets innovative, easy-to-use wireless health and fitness devices that make it easy to monitor and manage your well-being. The company harnesses the latest wireless and mobile technologies to make health and fitness products "smarter" and more relevant to those seeking to improve their wellness. SmartHF has launched a Bluetooth and wifi heart rate monitor and will be announcing a wireless blood pressure monitor and a wireless digital scale in the 4th quarter of 2011.

Smart Health and Fitness LLC
Norwalk, CT
Sean O'Connor, CEO
http://www.smarthf.com

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Respiratory Motion, Inc.

Respiratory Motion is focusing on the development and commercialization of innovative monitoring devices to assess respiration and other parameters critical to patient care. The company's lead product, the ExSpiron, is the first non-invasive, point-of-care monitor to offer real-time, quantitative measurement of respiratory sufficiency. The ExSpiron will assist clinicians at critical decisions points to provide better care and prevent complications.

Respiratory Motion  Inc.
Waltham, MA
Jenny Freeman, CEO
http://www.respiratorymotion.com/

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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NovaTract Surgical

NovaTract Surgical(“NovaTract”) was founded to develop new, innovative medical devices to address the rapidly growing field of minimally invasive surgery, and more specifically, Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgery and Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (“NOTES”).  Single-port refers to the method of accessing the abdominal cavity with an endoscope through one incision (most commonly the umbilicus) to perform surgery.  NOTES describes the method of accessing the abdominal cavity with an endoscope through a natural orifice (e.g. vagina) to perform surgery.  Demand for these methods is increasing sharply due to the decrease in number of incisions required and therefore, leading to less pain and scarring, and less risk of infection, adhesion or hernias in the abdomen wall.  This results in shorter recovery times and improved cosmetics.

NovaTract Surgical
Guilford, CT
Eleanor Tandler, Co-Founder & CEO
http://www.novatract.com

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Network Therapeutics

Network Therapeutics is a biopharma start-up organization whose vocation is to deliver alternative and innovative solutions for the discovery and design of therapeutically active compounds. Its platform, referred to as ‘Cellular Phenotype-based Drug Discovery, represents a dramatic departure from how drug discovery has operated during the last twenty years.

Network Therapeutics
Groton, CT
Manuel Duval, Founder
http://www.networktherapeutics

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Natural Polymer Devices Inc.

Natural Polymer Devices was formed in 2011 to commercialize novel bioactive materials for the repair and replacement of damaged hard tissue.  These materials were developed in the lab of Dr. Sangamesh Kumbar, Ph.D., of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the UConn Health Center, in collaboration with several researchers in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering.

Natural Polymer Devices Inc.
Farmington, CT
Mark Van Allen, President

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Intimate Bridge 2 Conception Inc.

Intimate Bridge 2 Conception is a take-home, conception aid technology that is designed to address the growing unmet need of delayed and/or unsuccessful natural fertility.  We are optimizing a known approach in a new way that fills the existing void in conception within the privacy of the patients home.  Intimate Bridge is the “First Step” in the ”supported” Conception path to fertility which could dramatically reduce TIME, EXPENSE, and STRESS, especially in the market place where reimbursement and advance programs like IVF are not real options.

Intimate Bridge 2 Conception  Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Stephen Bollinger, CEO
http://www.intimatebridge2conception.com/

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EpiEP, Inc.

EpiEP has a novel access system to facilitate adoption of epicardial procedures in a billion dollar device space.  Industry publications support the anticipated growth in epicardial procedures and EpiEP is recognized and positioned as the leader in epicardial access.

EpiEP, Inc.

New Haven, CT

Pam Bunes, CEO

 

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CMDBioscience

CMDBioscience is a computational biotechnology company that specializes in the computer-aided analysis, modeling and design of therapeutic protein-peptide interactions.  Using computer-aided peptide design, CMD scientists can drive internal discovery projects and help partner organizations efficiently identify novel peptide hits, understand the structural basis of protein-peptide interactions, and rationally optimize peptide leads.

CMDBioscience
New Haven, CT
Joseph Audie, CEO
http://www.cmdbioscience.com

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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Chondrogenics Inc.

Chondrogenics Inc. was formed in 2010 to commercialize the stem cell therapy developed in the lab of Dr. Caroline Dealy, Associate Professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development at the University of Connecticut Health Center, for the treatment of osteoarthritis and the repair of damaged cartilage associated with diseased and damaged joints. Dr. Dealy and her colleagues have developed a novel process for producing substantially homogeneous populations of chondrogenic cells and earlier progenitor cells from stem cells, including induced human embryonic and pluripotent stem cells. In 2011, the Connecticut Stem Cell Research Initiative awarded $1.29 million to Chondrogenics to fund its ongoing preclinical testing using chondrogenic cells derived from human embryonic stem cells to repair joint cartilage damaged by injury or aging . This is the first preclinical trial of a stem cell-derived therapy funded by the State of Connecticut Stem Cell Initiative.

Chondrogenics Inc.
Farmington, CT
Mark Van Allen, President

 

This company has been selected as a 2011 CT Tech Company to Watch, for more information visit,http://www.ct.org/Innovation_Pipeline.asp.

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