A year after winning a $1 million grant from Ohio’s Third Frontier technology support program, medical device firm OrthoHelix Surgical Designs is looking for another state grant to help launch a new product line.Medina, Ohio-based OrthoHelix is seeking another $1 million grant for what the company calls a (pdf) “pocket plating system,” according to documents [...]

OrthoHelix Surgical Designs Inc. topped off a recent $14 million investor fundraise late Wednesday afternoon with a $1 million Ohio Third Frontier grant.Third Frontier is Ohio’s $2 billion project to develop the state’s economy by investing in technologies in five industry clusters, including biomedical. In May, voters approved issuing $700 million in [...]

Ohio Third Frontier commissioners made a slew of biomedical grants under two programs today.Recommended for more than $4.9 million under the Ohio Third Frontier Biomedical Program:– CardioX Corp., Dublin, in collaboration with Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates in Cleveland and QTest Labs in Columbus, was awarded $986,373 to finalize designs and clinical protocols for a new method [...]

Total capital raised corrected 8:13 p.m., June 23, 2010.OrthoHelix Surgical Designs Inc. has added a $4.6 million cherry on top of its third fundraising round for a total of $14 million raised since early 2008.var page_count = “off”; if (typeof OAS_rdl == “undefined”) {document.write(“”); page_count [...]

A couple of Midwest biomedical companies announced new venture financing this week. Could the deep freeze for early-stage investments be thawing?

The money was added to a $7.3 million round last year. The company will use the money to expand and sell into 40 states. (It’s currently in 25.)