Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Medical Device Deals Update column is a survey of recent medtech M&A, alliance, and financing activity. This month’s column covers deals announced August-September 2013.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Elsevier Business Intelligence’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Recent Financings Of Private Companies column provides a comprehensive monthly review of emerging life science companies that have received venture funding, including companies within the In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals sectors.

This month we profile CoolSpine and its catheter-based hypothermia device, Inseal Medical and its large-bore vascular closure device, and MitrAssist Medical, which is developing a valve-in-valve approach to treating mitral regurgitation.

This Month's Profile Groups: Making The Business Of Drug Adherence An Easier Pill To Swallow, features profiles of HealthPrize Technologies, Pill Jogger, RxAnte and SentiCare. New Access Devices Create Gateway To Interventional Structural Heart Disease features profiles of Apica Cardiovascular, Entourage Medical and Inseal Medical. Plus these Start-Ups Across Health Care: CanDiag, CoolSpine, Genkyotex, MGI Medical, MitrAssist Medical, SA Ignite, Savara Pharmaceuticals and StnDrd Infusion.