ממצאים חיוביים לחברת אקסרו מדיקל בניסוי פרה-קליני בטכנולוגיית ניטור ריפוי רקמות לאחר ניתוח באמצעות חיישן

https://www.e-med.co.il/specialties/hand-surgery/2023/09/20/570381

Dr. Charmaine Lok and Dr. Allen R. Nissenson Join PatenSee’s Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Lok is Named Chairperson of the Company’s SAB   Or Yehuda, Israel, September 20, 2023 --- Dr. Charmaine Lok is the new Chairperson of the PatenSee Scientific Advisory Board. The company also announced today that Dr. Allen R. Nissenson...

VeinWay Closes Oversubscribed SAFE Round & Begins series A round

https://www.israelhayom.com/2023/09/18/veinway-closes-oversubscribed-safe-round-begins-series-a-round/

Shai Policker on an interview at Insights Care – Pioneering the Future of Healthcare

/https://insightscare.com/shai-policker-pioneering-the-future-of-healthcare/

VeinWay Closes Oversubscribed SAFE Round and Begins Series A Round

Vascular Surgeons Stephen Black, MD, and Houman Jalaie, MD, PhD join VeinWay’s Scientific Advisory Board   Or Yehuda, Israel, September 7, 2023 --- VeinWay has closed an oversubscribed SAFE round of investment and has opened a series A round.  ...

Append Medical Raises $4.35M in Initial Closing of Extended Series A Round

https://www.medicaldesigndevelopment.com/topics/cardiovascular/news/22866629/append-medical-raises-435m-for-left-atrial-appendage-system https://cardiacrhythmnews.com/append-medical-raises-us4-35-million-in-initial-closing-of-extended-series-a-round/ https://www.e-med.co.il/specialties/family-medicine/2023/07/10/565693 https://nocamels.com/2023/07/medtech-firm-raises-4-3m-for-stroke-prevention-device/ https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-747713

Append Medical Raises $4.35M in Initial Closing of Extended Series A Round

Funds will be used to complete the development of and support the First-in-Human Study of the Appligator™ for the Prevention of Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Patients   Or Yehuda, Israel, July 6, 2023 --- Append Medical has raised $4.35 million...

Interventional Vascular Specialists at Klinikum Hochsauerland, Clinic for Angiology/Clinic for Vascular Surgery in Germany Save Patient’s Arm in Second Human Compassionate Use of VeinWay’s Traversa for Venous Recanalization

Details of first two clinical compassionate use cases presented at LINC in Leipzig, Germany   Arnsberg-Hüsten, Germany and Or Yehuda, Israel, June 7, 2023 --- In a second compassionate use case,  Klinikum Hochsauerland Clinic’s interventional vascular surgeon Dr. Stefan Stalhoff,...

Unorthodox Ventures Invests in Israeli Medtech Startup Exero Medical

Breakthrough xBar tech prevents life-threatening GI surgical complications   JUNE 7, 2023 — AUSTIN, TEXAS / OR YEHUDA, ISRAEL — Unorthodox Ventures, the investment firm led by contrarian entrepreneur and Big Ass Fans Founder Carey Smith, today announced it has...

VeinWay Opens Up The Path To Stop Blood Clots in Underappreciated Patients

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hkpfkk5r2    

Exero Medical’s Multi-Center Study Demonstrates Early Detection of Anastomotic Leaks

Study Results to be presented at SAGES’ Next Big Thing Technology Session suggest a major breakthrough in addressing the most dreadful complication of gastro-intestinal surgeries   Or Yehuda, Israel, March 30, 2023 --- Initial data from 50 patients participating in...

חדשות טובות: טיפול חדשני לחולים במחלות ריאה כרוניות

https://www.medinet.co.il/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%98%d7%95%d7%91%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%98%d7%99%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%a0%d7%99-%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa/

Interventional Radiologists at the University of Michigan Health Save Patient’s Leg in a First-in-Human Compassionate Use of VeinWay’s Traversa

Ann Arbor, Michigan and Or Yehuda, Israel, March 2, 2023 --- In a first-in-human, compassionate use case approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University of Michigan Health Interventional Radiologists Dr. David M. Williams and Dr. Minhaj S. Khaja...

Synchrony Medical Enrolls First Patients in a US Study Towards Regulatory Submission of Its LibAirtyTM Airway Clearance System

Charleston, South Carolina and Or Yehuda, Israel, February 16, 2023 --- Synchrony Medical announced today that the first patients have been enrolled in its single center, randomized-controlled, crossover clinical study of its LibAirtyTM Airway Clearance System at Medical University of...

אור יהודה: תלמידי תיכון יובלים מובילים פתרונות לאתגרים רפואיים

https://gal-gefen.co.il/bikat_ono/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%AA%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99-%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D/

מרכזי חדשנות, אקסלרטורים ומועדון אנג’לים: נבחרו הזכיינים בתוכנית לעידוד היי-טק ערבי

https://www.themarker.com/technation/2022-12-06/ty-article/.premium/00000184-e794-d28f-a5b6-ffdc5e890000 מרכזי חדשנות, אקסלרטורים ומועדון אנג'לים_ נבחרו הזכיינים בתוכנית לעידוד היי-טק ערבי - TechNation - TheMarker

MEDX Newsletter 2022

Read our latest news: Newsletter 2022

איכילוב טק בשת”פ עם חממת מדקס לפיתוח יזמות רפואית

https://www.bizportal.co.il/BizTech/news/article/810161

מרכז לחדשנות רפואית “נורת’-מד” זכה ב-15 מיליון שקל מטעם רשות החדשנות ויוקם לראשונה בעיר סכנין

https://www.e-med.co.il/specialties/family-medicine/2022/12/26/550855

Israeli Medtech Incubator MEDX Seeks $60 Million for Venture Fund

https://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-medtech-incubator-medx-seeks-60-million-for-venture-fund-11671062828 click to read the cont. of WSJ article

Israeli Government Encouraging Arab Sector Entrepreneurship And Tech Careers

https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2022/12/07/israeli-government-encouraging-arab-sector-entrepreneurship-and-tech-careers/

עביר ח’לאילה | החומרים שמהם עשויה הצלחה

https://www.themarker.com/magazine/2022-11-01/ty-article-magazine/.premium/00000184-ce0e-d4f4-a79d-de1ffc810000 עביר ח'לאילה _ החומרים שמהם עשויה הצלחה - 40 צעירים מבטיחים 2022 - TheMarker

Yair Ramot Dimoveo CEO on Health Tech

Health Tech: Yair Ramot On How Dimoveo Medical’s Technology Can Make An Important Impact On Our Overall Wellness | by David Leichner, CMO at Cybellum | Authority Magazine | Nov, 2022 | Medium

Synchrony Airway Clearance System Prototype Helps Save Patient’s Life

Patient Survival Story presented at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC)   Start-up developed in tandem with Sheba Medical Center pulmonologists   Or Yehuda, Israel and Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2022 --- Synchrony Medical’s LibAirty, helped save the life of...

BeWeld Medical, a MEDX Xelerator Company, Signs Strategic Investment Agreement

Or Yehuda, Israel, October 31, 2022 --- BeWeld Medical, developer of a disruptive technology designed to automate the manufacturing processes of implanted medical devices, has signed a strategic investment agreement with global medical technology leader Boston Scientific.   BeWeld CTO,...

Almeda Ventures Joins MEDX Xelerator and Israel Innovation Authority in Vascular Medtech Startup NovaPulse Investment

Or Yehuda, Israel, 8/9/22 --- MEDX Xelerator’s latest initiative is the founding of NovaPulse Ltd., a bio-convergence company, which is addressing the multi-billion-dollar peripheral artery disease (PAD) market and helping the millions of claudication patients who suffer from pain and...

קרן פורטלנד: הפיתוח הכלכלי שמוביל לגיוון תעסוקתי

https://www.themarker.com/labels/variation/2022-07-05/ty-article-labels/00000181-ce3c-dc67-adab-cfbfdae00000

הצלחה מחקרית לחברת אקסרו מדיקל הישראלית

https://www.e-med.co.il/specialties/family-medicine/2022/07/12/536091   https://www.medinet.co.il/%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%94-%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%aa-exero-medical-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%a4%d7%99%d7%aa%d7%97%d7%95-%d7%97/

Exero Medical’s xBar Post-Operative Tissue Healing Monitoring and Analysis System Demonstrates Positive Study Results

Study published in the Journal of Surgical Research     The findings are the basis of a multi-center clinical trial currently ongoing at Rabin Medical Center, Sheba Medical Center, Shamir Medical Center and Kaplan Medical Center   Or Yehuda, Israel,...

השקת החממה הרפואית בסחנין

https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001416770

MEDX Portland Event in Sachnin

The MEDX Xelerator medtech incubator in Sakhnin is officially open for business. Area entrepreneurs - we want to hear from you! Here are highlights from the wonderful opening event this week (28/6/22), which included inspiring remarks, fabulous catering and a...

First Innovation Launch Event at Wolfson Medical Center

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6947049329790459905

CAPS Medical Enrolls Patients from Sheba Medical Center in First Ever Study for Treatment of Bladder Cancer Using Selective Endoscopic Cancer Treatment Technology

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/caps-medical-enrolls-patients-sheba-100000898.html

חממת מדקס וקרן פורטלנד מודיעות על פתיחת חממת טכנולוגיה בסחנין

https://www.funder.co.il/article/134154 https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rjat9g5d9

The Portland Trust and MEDX Xelerator Join Forces in the Galilee to Enhance Local MedTech Innovation

MEDX Xelerator’s newly established northern branch in the Sakhnin Valley is based on a collaboration with The Portland Trust. The incubator branch was established as part of Portland’s Economic Regional Growth Engine Program - Health Cluster in Sakhnin Valley, aimed...

סינכרוני מדיקל חתמה על הסכם פיתוח וייצור עם חברת מגו-אפק לקראת ניסוי קליני בארה”ב

https://www.medinet.co.il/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C-%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%9B%D7%9D-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A6/ https://www.funder.co.il/article/133690

Synchrony Medical Signs Development and Manufacturing Agreement with Mego Afek and Begins Preparations for an Upcoming Clinical Trial in the US

Or Yehuda, Israel, May 10, 2022 --- Synchrony Medical and Mego Afek have signed a development and manufacturing agreement.  Caption: Synchrony’s Airway Clearance System - LibAirtyTM  Under the terms of the agreement, Mego Afek will use its expertise and proven...

Exero Medical Enrolls First Patient in Multi-Center, Safety and Feasibility Study of xBar, its Post-Surgery Tissue Monitoring and Diagnostic System

Or Yehuda, Israel, March 23, 2022 --- Exero Medical has enrolled the first patient in its multi-center safety and feasibility study of the company’s flagship product, the xBar tissue monitoring and diagnostic system.   Drs. Ian White, Shimon Dolnikov and...

חברת פטנסי מודיעה על תוצאות ניסוי קליני מוצלח במרכז הרפואי רבין

החברה פיתחה מערכת הדמייה ללא מגע, למעקב אחרי חולי דיאליזה. תוצאות הניסוי הוצגו בכנס העולמי לנפרולוגיה 2022   E-Med: https://www.e-med.co.il/emed/new/usersite/content.asp?CatID=34&ContentID=978775 Founder: https://www.funder.co.il/article/130103 Medinet: https://www.medinet.co.il/%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%99-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a6%d7%9c%d7%97-%d7%9c%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%aa-patensee-%d7%91%d7%94%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%9c%d7%aa-%d7%9e%d7%a2%d7%a8%d7%9b%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%93%d7%9e%d7%99%d7%94/

The MEDX Xelerator Interventional Oncology Challenge Deadline Has Been Extended to March 1, 2022

Watch the video below to learn more. Apply now: https://www.medxelerator.com/challenge/ https://youtu.be/0zFPjaIOpGU  

PatenSee’s Contactless Imaging Device Shows Promise in Timely and Accurately Monitoring Dialysis Patients

 Clinical results revealed today in a presentation at the WCN22   Or Yehuda, Israel, February 24, 2022 --- The interim results of an ongoing clinical study of PatenSee’s contactless imaging device for the early detection of vascular access stenosis for...

MEDX on I24 News Channel

On February 6, 2022, MEDX Xelerator and three of its portfolio companies were featured in a story that aired on i24 TV. Full package below. Thanks for watching. MEDX on  I24NEWS Channel - English Version MEDX on I24NEWS Channel -...

Meet the IO Challenge Judges

Media Alert! January 31, 2022  MEDX Xelerator is pleased to announce the $1M Interventional Oncology Challenge panel of judges!  And here they are:    Reminder to send your submission in by February 15, 2022.   Click here for the short, one-page...

מיליון דולר לחדשנות בטיפול בסרטן

https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001399737&after_registration  

VeinWay Takes the Bronze in the 2021 Dong Sheng International Science Park Competition

Or Yehuda, January 16, 2022 ---MEDX Xelerator is pleased to announce that its portfolio company VeinWay Ltd. placed in the top 3 of the prestigious 2021 Dong Sheng International Science Park Competition.  This is a huge deal as there were more than...

Synchrony Medical, a MEDX Xelerator portfolio company, Demonstrates Next Gen, Home-Use Airway Clearance System at Sheba Medical for Israel’s Innovation and Tech Leadership

Jan 6, 2022, Or-Yehuda, Synchrony Medical, a MEDX Xelerator portfolio company, was chosen to be one of a handful of select startups to be part of an important tour of medical excellence at Sheba Medical Center for the innovation and...

The Israeli Incubator Nurturing the Next Generation of Med-Tech Innovation

https://www.bioworld.com/articles/514705-the-israeli-incubator-nurturing-the-next-generation-of-med-tech-innovation?v=preview    

December 2021 Newsletter

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MEDX Xelerator Commences $1 Million, Interventional Oncology Technology Challenge Chaired by Professor Stephen B. Solomon

Application deadline: February 15, 2022 at midnight ET   Or Yehuda, Israel, November 30, 2021 - MEDX Xelerator is scouting worldwide for disruptive products, ideas and unmet needs in interventional oncology and has commenced its first annual million dollar challenge...

MEDX Xelerator Invests In Three New Health Technology Ventures

New companies join MEDX Xelerator’s technology development program Or Yehuda, Israel, November 23, 2021 --- MEDX Xelerator, the leading medical device and digital medicine Incubator, in cooperation with the Innovation Authority of Israel,  has founded three new start-up companies. In...

U.S. Pharma Giant West to Invest in Israeli Incubator MEDX Xelerator

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3923017,00.html

West Pharmaceuticals and MEDX Xelerator Sign Strategic Collaboration

The accord enables West to further expand its global early-stage innovation program to include Israeli medical inventions that fill unmet clinical needs MEDX NOW accepting proposals from medtech entrepreneurs worldwide OR YEHUDA, Israel, November 17, 2021 - West Pharmaceutical Inc. (NYSE: WST), a...

Append Medical announces a $7.4 million Series A to help with its first clinical trial

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3914175,00.html

UK investment Firm CBG Allocates $20M for Israeli Medical Device MEDX Accelerator

https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/07/28/uk-investment-firm-cbg-allocates-20m-for-israeli-medical-device-accelerator-medx

A great piece on the MEDX Xelerator this week in TheMarker with an interview of Shai Policker, CEO, on the latest innovations, ideas & vision for the future

https://www.haaretz.co.il/st/inter/Global/magazine/Haaretz/2021/06%20June/Hamama/FlipBook.html#p=1

MEDX Xelerator is Celebrating International women’s Day!

https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3421429

PatenSee Initiates First In-Human Trial with its Contactless Imaging Surveillance System for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

Trial to provide first clinical experience in fistula surveillance for early detection and prediction of fistula stenosis OR YEHUDA, ISRAEL – February 16, 2021 – PatenSee, developer of a contact-free surveillance tool designed to identify asymptomatic stenosis, today announced the...

Exero Medical Appoints Gastrointestinal Surgery Expert Dr. Deborah Nagle to its Scientific Advisory Board

P116, Deborah Nagle,Colorectal Surgery Honored surgeon to offer expertise and guidance to further enhance Exero’s platform for early detection of anastomotic leaks OR YEHUDA, ISRAEL – February XX, 2021 – Exero Medical, developer of a wireless system for early detection...

EndoWays LTD, Developer of the First Disposable Robot for the Cathlab, Acquired by Ascendum

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/endoways-ltd-developer-of-the-first-disposable-robot-for-the-cathlab-acquired-by-ascendum-301223777.html?tc=eml_cleartime

יוצאי 81 מפתחים פתרונות רפואיים במהירות ובזול

https://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/47626

16 Expert Predictions For 2021 – the Year of the Homebody

MEDX CEO, Shai Policker, weighs in on how the ‘work from home’ mentality will impact our access to healthcare and medical innovation.

Exero Medical granted Breakthrough designation by FDA

החיישן החכם של חברת אקסרו מדיקל הישראלית זכה למעמד של מכשיר פורץ דרך על ידי סוכנות המזון והתרופות האמריקנית. החיישן פועל לגילוי מוקדם של דליפות בעקבות ניתוחים במערכת העיכול https://mednews.co.il/a-groundbreaking-device-for-digestive-problems/

16 Expert Predictions for 2021 – The Year of The Homebody

As experts predict the trends of 2021, one recurring theme is clear: we will continue to work and learn from home. MEDX CEO, Shai Policker, weighs in on how the ‘work from home’ mentality will impact our access to healthcare and...

פיתוח ישראלי: חיישן שיקטין סיבוכים בניתוחים במערכת העיכול

https://www.israeldefense.co.il/he/node/47306

Medical Innovation During the Pandemic – KAN11 Interviewing CEO Shai Policker and Synchrony Medical

You are welcome to watch Our CEO Shai Policker and CEO of our portfolio company Synchrony Medical, Anat Shani, recently interviewed for KAN11 feature discussing medical innovations during the current pandemic and how these are allowing more consultations and procedures...

Exero Medical Announces Smart Sensor Granted FDA Breakthrough Designation

https://infomeddnews.com/exero-medicals-fda-breakthrough-designation/ https://www.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-medical-device-earns-breakthrough-designation-status-from-fda-652536 https://www.bioworld.com/articles/501406-regulatory-actions-for-dec-15-2020 https://unitedwithisrael.org/fda-calls-israeli-sensor-for-abdominal-surgery-a-breakthrough-device/ https://www.massdevice.com/exero-medical-smart-sensor-gains-fda-breakthrough-nod/ https://ortoday.com/exero-medicals-smart-sensor-granted-fda-breakthrough-designation/ https://www.bioworld.com/articles/501528-exero-secures-fda-breakthrough-designation-for-gi-smart-sensor?v=preview https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3405482?utm_campaign=socialbutton&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=sharebutton&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=social

Exero Medical

We are proud to share that we have been granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for our smart sensor technology. We look forward to working closely with FDA regulators towards clearance of our system. We are excited to continue and work...

MEDX Xelerator Approves New “X Lab” Project to Improve Treatment of Peripheral Venous Disease Care, Forms VeinWay Under CEO Jordan Pollack

VeinWay Receives Grant from The Ideation (Tnufa) Incentive Program of The Israel Innovation Authority for $35K OR YEHUDA, Israel – December 3, 2020 -- MEDX Xelerator, an Israel-based medical device and digital health incubator, today announced the approval of its...

Fund-Raising for Bio Startups – Online Conference

Join MEDX’s Chief Business Officer, @Inbal Landsberg, at the @JLM-BioCity online conference where she will be a featured panelist on the “FUNDING FOR BIO STARTUPS: SURVIVING AND THRIVING DURING THE COVID-19 PERIOD" panel. Time: Tues, Nov 24th at 20:00 –...

חברת אפנד מדיקל השלימה בהצלחה ביצוע פרוצדורה צינתורית ראשונה מסוגה

https://www.medical-device.co.il/editorial-main/12839-append-medical-completes-first-procedure-17-11-2020

Append Medical Successfully Completes First Ever Transcatheter Implant-free Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion Procedures

Two successful survival animal procedures completed with IMMR, one of world’s leading preclinical laboratories OR YEHUDA, Israel – November 12 -- Append Medical, developer of the Appligator™, a novel implant-free left atrial appendage (LAA) exclusion device, today announced completion of...

אתגר כלי הדם של חממת מדקס 2020

https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3395929

Calling all MedTech Entrepreneurs!

“Calling all MedTech Entrepreneurs! Are you sitting on an innovative technology-based solution to help treat non-cardiac vascular or neurovascular diseases? MEDX Xelerator invites you to submit your ideas to the 2020 Vascular Challenge! Share your innovative solution with us for...

זרע במשבר: צניחה של 50% בהשקעות בסטארטאפים בראשית דרכם

https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3394889?utm_source=whatsup&utm_medium=sharebuttonapp&utm_term=social&utm_content=whatsup&utm_campaign=socialbutton

אפוד משפר נשימה לחולי ריאה

https://mednews.co.il/vest-improves-breathing-for-lung-patients/

זרע במשבר: צניחה של 50% בהשקעות בסטארטאפים בראשית דרכם

https://finance.walla.co.il/item/3394889

MEDX Xelerator Adds Three New Innovative Medtech Companies to its Portfolio

Dimoveo Medical Introduces In-body Sterilization to Address Major Issue of Implant Infection Swift Duct to Offer Safer Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangial-Pancreatography (ERCP) Procedures Synchrony Medical to Transform Respiratory Physical Therapy into Patient-Tailored Automatic Home System OR YEHUDA, Israel – October 26,...

חממת מדקס משקיעה 2.5 מיליון דולר ב-3 חברות ישראליות

https://www.geektime.co.il/medx-xelerator-invests-2-5m-in-3-medtech-startups/

חממת מדקס גייסה 3 סטארטאפים חדשים Synchrony Medical -ו ,Dimoveo ,Swift Duct : שלושת החברות החדשות בחממה חממת מדקס הישראלית, היוזמת ומשקיעה בחברות מתחום המכשור הרפואי והרפואה הדיגיטלית, צירפה לאחרונה 3 סטארטאפים חדשים. סך הגיוס עומד על כ 2.5 מיליון...

Israeli MedTech Incubator Making Waves in Battle Against COVID-19

As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, Israel’s MEDX Xelerator has put a strong focus on helping in the fight against the deadly illness, the incubator’s CEO tells IsraelNewsStand By ILANIT CHERNICK Israeli MedTech incubator MEDX Xelerator is...

Go Home Doc, All the Patients Have Gone!

Author: Shai Policker, MEDX Xelerator CEO While COVID-19 is not the first pandemic that has surged around the world and perhaps not even the most remarkable, so far it has been the most impactful on the way healthcare is delivered....

CAPS Medical, MEDX Xelerator’s Portfolio Company, Raises $3.5 Million Series A to Advance Development of Non-Thermal Atmospheric Plasma Cancer Treatment

Investment to fuel clinical trial towards regulatory clearance of novel cancer treatment platform OR YEHUDA, Israel – August 4, 2020 -- MEDX Xelerator, an Israel-based medical device and digital health incubator, today announced that original portfolio company CAPS Medical, developer...

Exero Medical Completes First In-Human Implant of Wireless Anastomotic Leak Sensor at Rabin Medical Center

Trial serves as proof of concept for company's early anastomotic leak detection system  Exero Medical, developer of a wireless sensor for early detection of anastomotic leaks following GI surgery, today announced it has completed the first human implantation of its sensor....

Proud of our Protfolio company at MEDX incubator, Append medical, that got recognized as a promising player in the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) market in a recent independent report by Atlantic market research!

According to the latest research citing’s presented by the American Heart Association (AHA), approximately 1 in 4 adults above 40 years of age have the chance of developing atrial fibrillation during their lifetime. Furthermore, men are 13% more likely to...

Rabin Medical Center to Initiate Clinical Trials for Exero Medical’s Wireless Anastomotic Sensor

Trial to test the feasibility of Exero’s system for early detection of anastomotic leaks OR YEHUDA, ISRAEL – May 18, 2020 - Exero Medical, developer of a wireless sensor for early detection of anastomotic leaks following GI surgery, today announced...

MEDX Xelerator Strengthens its Executive Leadership Team, Adding Healthcare Executive Inbal Landsberg as New Chief Business Officer

OR YEHUDA, Israel – May 14, 2020 -- MEDX Xelerator, a leading Israeli MedTech incubator, announced today that Inbal Landsberg has been appointed as its new Chief Business Officer. Landsberg will manage MEDX Xelerator’s relationships with current and potential international...

MedTech Investment in the Time of COVID-19

Shai Policker, CEO of MEDX Xelerator, shares insight into how COVID-19 has exposed the urgency of many unmet medical needs, and how Israeli medtech incubators are a strategic way for innovators to further progress. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/medtech-investment-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast: Ep.5 — How can startups move forward during a pandemic?

Raising capital for startup is never easy. Try doing it during a pandemic. In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll try to help entrepreneurs by talking with two guests who are committed to helping startups find the funding they need. Paul...

Continuing Lifesaving Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus

Zachi Berger, CEO and Co-founder, Append Medical   The story that’s currently front and center on the world stage is the outbreak of the coronavirus or COVID-19. With many unknowns surrounding the virus, and its highly contagious nature, this outbreak...

Exero Medical Appoints Prominent Gastrointestinal Expert Professor Charles Knowles to its Scientific Advisory Board

Exero Medical Appoints Prominent Gastrointestinal Expert Professor Charles Knowles to its Scientific Advisory Board OR YEHUDA, Israel – March 10, 2020— Exero Medical, developer of a biodegradable wireless sensor for early detection of anastomotic leaks (AL) following GI surgery, today...

Append Medical and Sheba Medical Center Share Clinical Proof-of-Concept Results for Internal Sealing of LAA

Append Medical and Sheba Medical Center Share Clinical Proof-of-Concept Results for Internal Sealing of LAA Two Patients Continue to Show Normal Heart Function Following Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Tissue Manipulation Procedure for Complete LAA Closure  OR YEHUDA, Israel – February...

CAPS Medical Adds Key Opinion Leaders to Scientific Advisory Board

CAPS Medical Adds Key Opinion Leaders to Scientific Advisory Board Dr. Yair Lotan and Dr. Zohar Dotan to Support Clinical Strategy and Regulatory Pathway Development of the First Minimally Invasive Cold Plasma Cancer Treatment Platform OR YEHUDA, Israel – January...

MEDX Xelerator Hosts Interventional Radiology Roundtable Discussion Led By World Renown Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Barry T. Katzen

  MEDX Xelerator Hosts Interventional Radiology Roundtable Discussion Led By World Renown Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Barry T. Katzen   OR YEHUDA, Israel –December 16, 2019 -- MEDX Xelerator, an Israel-based medical device and digital health incubator, hosted a roundtable discussion...

Append Medical Selected to Present First-Of-Its-Kind, No-Implant Stroke Risk Reduction Device at ICI Meeting 2019

Append Medical Selected to Present First-Of-Its-Kind, No-Implant Stroke Risk Reduction Device at ICI Meeting 2019 Append Medical’s Novel Approach to Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure to be Featured at International Conference for Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions OR YEHUDA, Israel –December...

Append Medical Presented its First of its Kind NO IMPLANT LAA Closure Device in Major Global Conferences

Over the past quarter, Append Medical’s revolutionary LAA closure device was presented in two of the most important conferences in Cardiology. Prof. Horst Sievert, MD, a leading expert in LAA closure, presented new technologies for LAA closure in a presentation...

MEDX Xelerator strengthens its cardiovascular and interventional radiology focus with Dr. Eyal Morag joining as Senior Medical Advisor

Dr. Eyal Morag, Chairman of the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Assuta Ashdod Medical Center has joined the incubator team as its Senior Medical Advisor. In his role, Dr. Morag will contribute to the team’s effort to develop...

Append Medical Appoints Prof. Horst Sievert, MD to join as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board

Append Medical, which develops a new generation Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) closure system to reduce the risk of stroke for Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation patients, announced the appointment of Prof. Horst Sievert, MD the Director of the Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, who...

MEDX Xelerator Welcomes PatenSee to Its Startup Portfolio

MEDX Xelerator is happy to welcome PatenSee on board as a new portfolio company led by Dr. Gal Goshen. The brand new startup is developing a novel machine-learning-based surveillance tool for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are on hemodialysis...

Gal Atarot, MEDX Xelerator’s CTO, presenting at Weill Cornell Medicine

  Gal Atarot, MEDX Xelerator’s Chief Technology Officer, shared his thoughts on the key ingredients for a successful medtech startup at Weill Cornell Medicine’s BioVenture eLab to an audience comprised of physicians, entrepreneurs and students on March 6, 2019 Gal...

Append Medical Chosen out of 250 Candidates to Represent Israeli Healthcare Innovation in China

Append Medical, a member of MEDX Xelerator incubator, was a favorite of the judging panel at the recent 2nd China-Israel Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest and was selected out of 250 contestants to represent Israeli healthcare innovation in a sponsored roadshow in...

X Lab: The Fast Track from Idea to Startup

Exero Medical, which develops a biodegradable solution for early detection of postoperative anastomotic leak, started as a collaboration between Matan BenDavid, a surgeon specializing in the gastrointestinal system, and Amir Kraitzer, a biomedical and materials engineer. Dr. BenDavid (then working...

MEDX Xelerator Hosts BioMed Commercialization Center Delegation from Taiwan

A delegation from the BioMed Commercialization Center in Taiwan visited MEDX Xelerator on Monday to explore opportunities for cross-border collaboration on MedTech innovation development.

MEDX Xelerator’s Chief Business Officer, Edna Lazar, Discusses MedTech Global Markets and Israeli Ecosystem on Takeda’s Med.Talk Podcast

Edna Lazar, MEDX Xelerator’s Chief Business Officer, was hosted at Takeda’s Med.Talk Podcast for a lively discussion led by Startup Nation Central’s Sharon Shapira with Triventures’ Netalie Nadivi and Trendlines’ Barak Singer. In the podcast, the MedTech executives discussed challenges...

CAPS Medical (Formerly “Plasmed”) Wins First Place at Israel Technology Transfer Organization’s Pitch Competition

CAPS Medical (formerly Plasmed), a MEDX Xelerator portfolio company, won first place at a pitch competition at “ITTN,” Israel’s Technology Transfer Organization’s biennial conference, on October 22, 2018. Dr. Jacob Cohen, CAPS Medical’s co-founder, presented their unique technology for selective...

Globes: MEDX Xelerator Broadens International Collaboration

MEDX Xelerator broadens international collaboration with innovation hubs in the European Union and the United States – Health Hub Vienna (Austria), Parvizi Surgical Innovation (Philadelphia) and the University of Navarra (Spain). Shai Policker, MEDX Xelerator’s CEO, said that, “MEDX Xelerator’s...

MEDX Xelerator’s Chief Business Officer, Edna Lazar, Surveys Israeli Investment Landscape at MedTech Ra’anana

On October 11, 2018, Edna Lazar, MEDX Xelerator’s Chief Business Officer, spoke at MedTech Ra’anana’s Pitch Boot Camp event. At the event, she surveyed the Israeli investment landscape, addressing entrepreneurs participating in MedTech Ra’anana’s fabulous accelerator program. Edna Lazar, MEDX...

MEDX Xelerator’s Director of Business Development, Dan Nahum, Discusses the Startup Nation in a European Innovation Conference

In a conference about innovation and entrepreneurship organized by the University of Navarra, Dan Nahum, MEDX Xelerator’s Director of Business Development, explored the different aspects that make Israel a global innovation hub. The University of Navarra, with which MEDX Xelerator...

Globes: MEDX Announces Collaboration with Austrian Incubator

Globes’ Hebrew article explores MEDX Xelerator’s announced collaboration with Health Hub Vienna, a healthcare-innovation acceleration program managed by INiTS, a Vienna-based incubator developing life-sciences start-ups for over 15 years גלובס: מדקס הודיעה השבוע על שיתוף פעולה עם חממה אוסטרית חממת...

Append Medical, Developing a Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device, Joins MEDX Xelerator

  The most recent company to join MEDX Xelerator, Append Medical, develops a minimally invasive solution designed to prevent stroke in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. Append’s solution includes an implantable device for excluding the left atrial appendage (LAA), which...

Proven Leaders in the Medical Innovation Space Discuss Strategies for Startups to Win the U.S. Market at a MEDX Xelerator and BeWell.il Event

Co-organized by MEDX Xelerator and BeWell.il, “Innovation for the Long Run” drew over 100 attendants from Israel and the United States. The event addressed strategies and challenges in forming partnerships between healthcare startups and Corporate America. The event started with...

Prof. Stephen Solomon and leading experts in interventional radiology gathered to learn about and advise on EndoWays, a new MEDX Xelerator company developing a self-propelling, robotic micro catheter

Prof. Stephen Solomon, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, together with Israeli key opinion leaders, Drs. Eyal Morag and Sergey Litvin (Assuta Ashdod), Zalman Itzhakov (Assaf Harofeh Medical Center), and Uri Rimon (Sheba...

Prof. Stephen Solomon of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center leads a roundtable discussion with leading Israeli physicians on the challenges and opportunities in Interventional Radiology

On Wednesday, February 21 MEDX Xelerator hosted a lively roundtable discussion led by Prof. Stephen Solomon, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and attended by the leaders of the field in Israel. Wednesday’s...

Our Commitment to the Community: MEDX Ventures Group and ALYNnovation

MEDX Xelerator team joined the entire MEDX Ventures Group and visited ALYNnovation, ALYN hospital’s newly established Innovation Lab. During our visit to the new lab, we reaffirmed our commitment to ALYNnovation to build the foundations for long-term collaboration, in order...

Edna Lazar, Chief Business Officer, moderating the medical devices track at MedTech Ra’anana’s Destination 2017 Conference

DESTINATION 2017 Conference is an inspirational celebration for innovators and startups in the Life Sciences. The conference was held on Sunday, December 24th, 2017 and included presentations and dialogue circles with leaders in the Life Sciences community in three professional tracks -...

X Challenge Winner: Pillarium!

In the culmination of an intensive process of creation, strengthened by top-notch professional mentorship, each team presented their idea to our esteemed panel of judges. The panel voted Pillarium as the winner of the X Challenge: Robothon. Pillarium's team will...

Robothon: Innovation on Its Way

Innovators are concluding the first half of MEDX Xelerator’s second X Challenge – Robothon: The Medical Device Hackathon. In the first half of the X Challenge, teams began tackling one of the following challenges: Prevention of occlusion of arteriovenous fistulas...

X Challenge: Robothon Kickoff!

Thank you, everyone, for taking part in a successful kickoff to MEDX Xelerator’s second X Challenge – Robothon: The Medical Robotics Hackathon!   On Thursday, innovators from the medical, engineering, academia, and business sectors all gathered at MEDX Xelerator’s offices...

Globes: MEDX Xelerator and IROB will Hold a Robotics Challenge

גלובס: חממת מדקס והאיגוד הישראלי לרובוטיקה יערכו תחרות רובוטיקה חממת מדקס, העוסקת בתחום המכשור הרפואי, הודיעה על קיום תחרות הרובוטיקה הרפואית X-Challenge השנייה לתחום המכשור הרפואי. התחרות הקודמת הסתיימה ביוני האחרון ועסקה בתת-תחום של מניעה וטיפול בכלי דם בגפיים. התחרות...

VOTIS, the MEDX Xelerator X Challenge Winner, presenting at Boston Scientific

Rivka and Merrill Weber (Israel) and Andreas Hielscher (NY, USA), winners of the first X-Challenge competition, presented VOTIS at Boston Scientific offices in Minneapolis, USA on July 25, 2017. Senior executives from the Peripheral Interventions division of Boston Scientific attended...

Globes: MEDX – Innovation Competition That Focused on Peripheral Intervention

גלובס: מדקס - תחרות חדשנות שהתמקדה בנושא חסימות כלי דם בגפיים   הזוכה היא חברת Votis של מריל וד"ר רבקה וובר ■ מריל וובר הקים בעבר את חברת סטומה דנטל ואת קרן Israel Growth Fund 15/06/2017, 13:42 גלי וינרב [caption...

TheMarker: Winner of MEDX Xelerator’s X Challenge to be Announced this Week

דה מרקר: למעלה מ-250 פרוייקטים בשלבי בגרות שונים מאוניברסיטאות, בתי חולים ויזמים נבחנו עד כה בחממת מדקס, גוף ייחודי מוביל בתחום במכשור הרפואי והרפואה הדיגיטלית.

We have inaugurated our new facility!

In an exciting ceremony, we were honored to have our entire board present to inaugurate our offices. Our door is always open, don’t hesitate to drop in! [caption id="attachment_506" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The front desk of MEDX Xelerator[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_507"...