CADENCE BIOMEDICAL

Cadence Biomedical, headquartered in Seattle, WA, is an early-stage medical device company that is committed to helping the 2.3 million Americans who suffer severe mobility impairments to gain a more mobile and independent life. Cadence Biomedical's primary commercial product, Kickstart, is a neurorehabilitation device designed to accelerate recovery to walking in stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury patients, and individuals with other progressive neurological conditions. Kickstart i... s available for use in physical therapy during the initial recovery process and as a prescribed device for post-discharge use in the community and home settings. The company is currently developing a new class of device, a kinetic orthosis, based on a novel exotendon technology invented at the Cleveland Clinic by world-renowned researcher Dr. A.J. van den Bogert. Cadence closed its first round of funding in August 2010 (as Empowering Engineering Technologies, Corp.) and signed a perpetual, worldwide exclusive license agreement with the Cleveland Clinic to develop and market the technology. Market release of the kinetic orthosis is expected in early 2012.More