Triple Helix Discovery Engine
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Industry
Architects: Small & Medium Size Business (SMBs), Product Development, De-Risking, Validation, Building Niche & Emerging Markets
*Architects: Medical Imaging (Image Guided Surgery & Intraoperative Surgical Navigation, Planning, Training) Companies

Checkpoint Surgical

Parents

*Architects: Medical Imaging (Image Guided Surgery & Intraoperative Surgical Navigation, Planning, Training) Companies
*Architects: Neurology, Psychology, Mental Health, CNS, Pain & TBI Companies (Devices, NeuroTechnology, Services & Health Information Technology)
*Industry: Ohio
NDI Healthcare Fund
Venture Capital: Series B

CEO Len Cosentino
Checkpoint received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (pdf) clearance to sell the device in late 2009.
Cleveland venture development group JumpStart and the Medical Growth Fund were among the investors in the round.
Cleveland, Ohio
Developing a Disposable Product Used by Orthopedists and Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons to Identify Nerve and Muscle Function during Surgery so They Can Avoid Damaging either One.
Neurodevice Firm Checkpoint Surgical Raises $3 Million (2012)
Neurotechnology firm Checkpoint Surgical raising $3M series B (2011)
The company recently secured two U.S. patents that Cosentino described as “important intellectual property protection” for Checkpoint’s technology
The company’s handheld, disposable device, called the Checkpoint Stimulator/Locator, stimulates motor nerves so surgeons can avoid damaging them during surgery