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GeneGrafts
is a biotechnology company developing unique therapy
for atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac
arrhythmia affecting millions of people worldwide. Conventional
therapy for AF is based on medications with significant
side effects. GeneGrafts is developing a transkaryotic
approach using autologous (extracted from the patient)
genetically modified cells that are delivered to the
patient’s heart by catheterization. The treatment
is localized and involves a single procedure.
www.genegrafts.com
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Dar Engines
The DAR RICE (Rotary Internal Combustion Engine) has
been designed as a displacement rotary internal combustion
engine that combines new features including the use
of novel ceramic materials, high R.P.M. engine, high
compression ratio and avoidance of mechanical friction
within the combustion chamber.
The DAR Engine is exceptionally suited to use Diesel
fuel, due to the high compression ratio that it develops.
These advantages in engine performance parameters will
make the DAR Engine a serious contender in a wide range
of IC engines end uses.
www.darengines.co.il
Image In - Rigid disposable endoscopes
The project is establishing a line of rigid disposable
endoscopes; the initial product is disposable colonoscopy
with future expansion to other types of endoscopes such
as gastro scope and bronchoscope. The innovative colonoscopy
should enable normal colon-scope tests in addition to
taking biopsies and removal of polyps. In the year 2002
1.4 Million Americans have been examined with using
Colonoscopy. A 150,000 cases revealed cancer in their
colon. The projected figures are 5 million procedures
worldwide with a $400 million market size.
Status: Established March 2004. Currently completing
prototype.
Regentis Biomaterials, Ltd.
Regentis Biomaterials, Ltd. is a medical material development
company that is focused on commercializing its patent-applied
Gelrin Platform Technology for bone, spine and cartilage
repair. The Gelrin technology is based on a biosynthetic
hybrid hydrogel comprised of a biological backbone and
synthetic cross-links. The biological domains in the
material give Gelrin excellent healing properties, while
the synthetic cross-links provide the material superior
physical characteristics. The biodegradation of Gelrin
is fully controllable and enables precise regulation
over the ingrowth kinetics and healing properties. The
ability to form Gelrin in-situ at the site of the defect
provides the possibility of using it with minimally
invasive surgical procedures. While other materials
degrade rapidly or leach out of the injury site prematurely,
Gelrin remains anchored during the entire healing process.
The cartilage regeneration market value is expected
to reach $1.6B in annual sales by 2006 with an annual
growth rate of 11%.
www.regentis.co.il
Status: Started operations September 2004
Holographic Mass Storage
Media – Matteris Ltd.
Matteris is developing a novel, removable, high speed
- high capacity Holographic Storage System (holographic
media and a recording/reading driver) for the enterprise
archive and backup market.
The Holographic Storage reaches high capacity by utilizing
the volume instead of the surface of the medium. Using
NST’s Holographic Storage Technology, CD-ROM sized
media can store Terabytes (=1000Gigabytes) instead of
a maximum of 27GB as in Sony’s blue-ray DVD.
For these huge capacities, there is a need of high speed
data transfer, or it will take days to back up a system.
By writing in parallel millions of bits grouped in holograms
(a hologram is a picture of 1000 x 1000 bits each),
at the rate of every millisecond (1/1000 of a second),
the Holographic Storage system is reaching writing/reading
speeds of Gigabits/sec.
Status: Started operations November 2004
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CorrelSense
CorrelSense's product is an evolutionary centralized performance analysis system.
The product will predict performance failures before they occur; Assist in
analyzing the cause of failures, in case they have happened; Maintain performance
of the entire application spectrum; Coexist with IT infrastructure management
tools such as APM tools, File Management, Network management and Business Process
Management; Interact with IT administrators via any existing UI technologies – Web,
SMS, E-Mail, Desktop Applications, Reports.
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