Xconomy.com -- Kirkland, WA-based Pathway Medical Technologies has to be considered one of the bright spots in the recent history of Seattle life sciences. The medical device maker won FDA approval for its first product about 15 months ago, raised $42 million in venture capital, and recruited a CEO with loads of experience in commercializing medical devices. Back in February, co-founder and chairman Tom Clement said the company showed signs of becoming “a real winner.”