Rick Blume

CB Health Ventures venture capital firm located in Boston

PathoGenetix, Inc. operates as a commercial-stage developer of an automated system for rapid bacterial identification from complex samples. Its Genome Sequence Scanning technology isolates and analyzes DNA from an enriched biological sample, without the need for a cultured isolate. The firm specializes in food safety, industrial microbiology, and clinical diagnostics and research. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Lantos Technologies, Inc. develops intra-aural 3D ear scanning systems for the custom earpiece market. Its technology enables audiologists to eliminate the uncomfortable, messy, and error-prone technique that used to generate impressions of the ear canal. The firm provides 3D scanner that measures ear canal shape and tissue compliance to produce a map of the ear canal. It also offers noise protection devices for military and industrial markets, and consumer audio earphones. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Abt Associates, Inc. provides research and consulting services. It offers greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, low-emission development strategies, environmental research, air quality regulatory support, decision-support tools and IT solutions, ecological risk assessment, economic and regulatory analysis, value chain development, housing policies and programs, health systems strengthening, and workforce development. The company was founded by Clark Abt on January 12, 1965 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Somatogen, Inc. develops specialty oxygen therapeutics. It is engaged in the research, clinical development and commercialization of genetically engineered recombinant human hemoglobin-based products. The company is located in Boulder, CO.

ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures ultrasound solutions. The firm offers ultrasound systems; curved array, curved-phased array, linear array, phased array, endocavity, and continuous wave transducers; accessories, such as transducer biopsy guides and user interface sterile covers; and upgrades, including imaging, workflow, and clinical enhancements. The company was founded by Mir A. Imran and Glen W. McLaughlin in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

TransMedics, Inc. manufactures and develops medical devices. It offers a portable warm blood perfusion system designed to maintain organs in a functioning state outside the human body during transport from organ donor to recipient. The firm’s products are used in heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplants. The company was founded by Waleed H. Hassanein in August 1998 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Saladax Biomedical, Inc. develops novel and commercializes diagnostic assays for the practical delivery of personalized medicine. Its products include pipeline, MY5-FU, mypaclitaxel, and mydocetaxel. MyCare product serves the central nervous system field, with antipsychotic drug dose management assays. The company was founded by Adrienne Choma and Salvatore J. Salamone in 2004 and is headquartered in Bethlehem, PA.