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Medyria is a Swiss medtech company developing sensor-based catheter navigation and sensing systems for vascular, valve, and heart procedures. Its products include a sensor-based catheter positioning system for X-ray- and dye-free minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures, Flowcath for measuring blood flow, Trackcath for processing flow data and tracking catheters, and an OEM flow sensor for measuring blood or physiological fluid flow. The company uses proprietary Blood Flow Velocity Sensor technology to enable safer and more effective endovascular procedures by reducing procedural manipulations, duration, complications, and overall costs. Medyria is based in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Hylomorph is a MedTech company that develops biomaterial solutions to improve the interface between implantable medical devices and biological tissue. Its technology includes a cellulose film designed to prevent fibrotic encapsulation and adhesion, helping to reduce postoperative complications such as fibrosis, infection, and device migration, thereby aiming to lower implant failure. The approach combines biotech with surface micro-engineering to optimize tissue implant interaction. First indications target cardiac devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as neurostimulators. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.