The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium said today it issued 2 seed grants of $50,000 each to 2 medical device companies focused on pediatric care.
The 1st is Bellefonte, Penn.-based Actuated Medical, which is developing a device to reduce insertion force and needle slippage during bone biopsies and bone marrow aspiration procedures in children.
Because of the difference in size and curvature in children’s bones, traditional methods often have high rates of needle slippage and damage to surrounding tissue.
