Some new startups (wink)

Normally, I would not do this (add subscription content to this blog), but I thought I would drop a list of some new companies (from my Startups table in MedMarkets that I publish every month). Here are the ones from the upcoming March issue. For reference, my goal is to find companies that have been founded in the past month (not when they say they were founded, but when their corporate filings were done -- a harsher measure of how "new" they are). Sometimes I'll go a little farther back and publish on companies who have done an exceptional job at staying in stealth mode, but who have suddenly become apparent to me. If they are new to me (I am constantly looking), then maybe my customers haven't heard of them either.

Company	Principal	Location	Product/Technology	Founded
Aragon Surgical, Inc.	Onset Ventures	Palo Alto, CA	Surgical device platform designed to reduce OR time	2005
EpiTeK, Inc.	Jean Paul Rasschaert	Pittsburgh, PA	Minimally invasive device to prevent strokes in atrial fibrillation	2004
i25tech, Inc.	John Dunning, President	Santa Fe, NM	Undisclosed device for treatment of a variety of diseases	2005
Keramed, Inc.	Yichieh Shiuey	Cupertino, CA	Device for facilitating corneal transplantation	2005
Oringen, LLC	John Krusinski, President & CEO	Tallmadge, OH	Liquid crystal sensor for bacteria and viruses	2006
Transtimulation Research, Inc.	Jiande Chen	Oklahoma City, OK	Intestinal pacing for obesity	2005

Aragon Surgical, LLC — Palo Alto, CA; no URL
EpiTeK, Inc. — Pittsburgh, PA; http://epitek.com (under construction)
i25Tech, Inc. — Santa Fe, NM; http://i25tech.com (under construction)
Keramed, Inc. — Cupertino, CA; http://keramed.com (under construction)
Oringen, LLC — Tallmadge, OH; no URL
Transtimulation Research Inc. — Oklahoma City, OK; no URL