A magnetic, noninvasive medical device could help children suffering from scoliosis avoid the need for repeat surgeries to adjust their spines. The spinal fixation system from Akron, Ohio-based Apto Orthopaedics is still in its early stages of developm... »
The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) has created its first company: a firm that’s developing a noninvasive spinal fixation system for children with scoliosis. APTO Orthopaedics’ device is designed to eliminate the need for repetitive, pai... »
Healthcare “big data” company Explorys has added Akron General as the 10th health system in its network, and is looking to double that number in 2012. Explorys has developed a network that contains troves of clinical and financial data from health syst... »
The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) and Lubrizol have entered into a strategic partnership involving research and development around medical applications of polymers and specialty chemicals. The partnership gives Wickliffe, Ohio-based Lu... »
The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron is collaborating with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to share its expertise in the use of biomaterials and polymers in medical devices. The goal of the partnership is to help the FDA more effectively r... »
Cleveland Clinic is expanding its reach westward with the purchase of a three-location, western Ohio cancer group. Financial terms of the Clinic’s purchase of North Coast Cancer Care weren’t announced, according to a statement on North Coast’s website.... »
A University Hospitals Case Medical Center spinoff company is hoping to raise seed funding to develop the third-generation prototype of a device that uses near-infrared light to treat psoriasis. Akron, Ohio-based Fluence Therapeutics is developing a dr... »
