Durham company behind keeping COVID-19 vaccine cool during transport

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Phononic, a Durham-based semiconductor cooling and heating company, is producing totes that can help keep the COVID-19 vaccine cool during transport. “We can store several thousand ampules in a tote this size so what you would have is a large distribution or a warehouse site that would... Read More

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Venus Medtech and Opus Medical Therapies, LLC Announce Partnership for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) and Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR) in Greater China Market

NEWS PROVIDED BY Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc.  May 02, 2020, 04:35 ET HANGZHOU, China and ATLANTA, May 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc. (“Venus Medtech” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 2500), the leading Chinese transcatheter heart valve company and Opus Medical Therapies, LLC, a medical device company focused on... Read More

Can this sustainable cooling system replace environmentally damaging AC? Can this sustainable cooling system replace environmentally damaging AC?

Just one degree of latitude north of the Equator, Singapore is hot and muggy at the best of times. In the summer months, it consistently reaches highs of 90 degrees. Humidity sits at a stifling average of 84% all year-round. Keeping spaces livable requires a lot of air-conditioning. And powering that air-conditioning... Read More

Raleigh medical device firm Contego Medical lands $22.3M from investors

RALEIGH – Contego Medical, a Raleigh-based medical device firm that received FDA approval for two systems targeting neurovascular, coronary and peripheral vascular disease, has landed $22 million from 10 investors. Contego disclosed the funding in an SEC filing. In 2018, Conteo Medical received FDA approval for: The Vanguard IEP Peripheral Balloon Angioplasty... Read More

The NASA Alum Who Turned A Discarded 19th-Century Idea Into a $280 Million Startup

Phononic CEO Tony Atti grins as the company’s chief engineer holds up a black box the size of a mailbox at their headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. The box provides all the power to heat and cool a smart mattress, thanks to Phononic’s chips that send heat-regulating currents to the high-tech... Read More