List of Surgical Devices Companies in Canada - 7

7D Surgical is a privately-owned Toronto based company that develops advanced optical technologies and machine vision-based registration algorithms to improve surgical workflow and patient care. 7D Surgical's flagship FLASH Navigation System delivers profound improvement to surgical workflows in spine surgery, providing the promise of similar future advancements in other surgical specialties.

Conavi Medical is a medical device company focused on providing image guidance technologies for minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures. Medical procedures performed for cardiovascular and other diseases are trending towards more minimally invasive approaches. As such, the need and market for image guidance is growing. We plan to be a cornerstone in the image guidance space and have concentrated on developing the intellectual property and infrastructure to meet and exceed clinical needs of our customers while providing cost-effective care.

Covalon is a leading provider of compassionate care solutions that help patients heal faster and live better. We are a patient-driven medical device company, with a strong portfolio of patented technologies and solutions for advanced wound care, infection prevention and medical device coatings. We offer innovative, gentler and more compassionate options for patients to heal with less infections, less pain and better outcomes, because we care.

Diros Technology Inc. is a world leader in the development and commercialization of Radiofrequency RF devices for Pain Management and Neurosurgery. The principals of Diros Technology Inc. have been at the forefront of Radiofrequency (RF) since the establishment of the OWL® brand in 1969. Diros was founded in 1983 to continue the advancement of new and innovative RF Products.

Fluid Biomed is a medical device start-up founded by two neurosurgeons at the University of Calgary that has developed an implantable dissolving stent to divert blood flow and heal blood vessels. The desire to innovate and create positive change has always been a priority for the founders and inventors, Dr. John Wong and Dr. Alim Mitha. Working together for the past 18 years to help people with stroke, their drive and commitment to improve patient health sparked a vision to create a radical new stent to cure brain aneurysms without invasive surgery.

AN INSIDE OUT APPROACH TO PROSTATE ABLATION Profound Medical is a Canadian medical device company that has developed a unique and minimally invasive procedure to ablate the prostate gland in prostate cancer patients. Profound's novel technology combines real-time MR imaging with transurethral therapeutic ultrasound and closed-loop thermal feedback control. It provides a highly precise treatment tailored to patient-specific anatomy and pathology. This method of prostate ablation offers short treatment times and low morbidity, allowing for fast patient recovery. For more information, visit profoundmedical.com

SoundBite is a medical devices start-up, Montreal and Sherbrooke-based, developing and commercializing proprietary shockwave device and generator technology delivered within the cardiovascular system to treat chronic total occlusions (CTO's). The company will target CTO's in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD), disease states that affect over 12 million and 8 million Americans, respectively.