Medical device developers based in Massachusetts and Connecticut reeled in more than $3.2 million in May and June, according re regulatory filings.
Six medical device makers in Massachusetts and Connecticut raised more than $2.6 million in various fundraising offerings during May and June, according to regulatory filings.
Audax Medical of Littleton, Mass., pulled in just more than $686,000 in a pair of equity offerings, according to filings filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Audax is developing a technology to heal fractured vertebrae it calls Arxis, an injection of "optimizing spine-specific osteogenic biomaterials for improved bone-biomaterial cohesion," according to the company's . The company and , according to the filings.
North Andover, Mass.-based in an offering of debt, options and warrants. The company hopes to raise $750,000 in the round. Mindchild is working on a non-invasive fetal heart monitor it says can detect tiny fluctuations in fetal heartbeats and potentially reduce the number of Caesarian sections pregnant women undergo. The company a year ago to help launch, license and share any profits derived from its Meridian fetal electrocardiograph system, a belt studded with embedded electrodes.
of Fall River, Mass., landed another $250,000 in an offering of debt, options and warrants, part of a hoped-for $1.5 million round. , which is developing a probe that uses low-level radio frequencies to smooth and contour frayed or torn knee cartilage, has yet to post revenues, according to a May 21 . The company raised $1 million each in its and rounds last year.
The Nutmeg State's of Hamden, which is developing a handheld device to deliver dental antibiotics for treating periodontal disease, of a proposed $200,000 equity offering, according to its .
Back in the Bay State, Beverly's SpineFrontier issued $500,000 in debt, options and warrants according to a May 25 . SpineFrontier makes minimally invasive systems for spinal fusion and "less exposure surgery" procedures, according to its .
Finally, , based in Marlborough, Mass., pulled in $872,000 of a hoped-for $1 million equity offering. Tarpon, which makes the BioSMB system for downstream bioprocessing, posts annual revenues of less than $1 million, according to a June 11 .
| Company | Amount | Offering |
| Audax Medical | $686,000 | Equity* |
| MindChild Medical | $125,000 | Debt |
| NuOrtho Surgical | $250,000 | Debt |
| Polybiotics | $175,000 | Equity |
| SpineFrontier | $500,000 | Debt |
| Tarpon Biosystems | $872,000 | Equity |
| TOTAL: | $2,608,000 |
*In two separate offerings. Debt offerings include options and warrants.
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