Whalen Biomedical Inc.
Whalen Biomedical Incorporated (WBI) is a
Massachusetts research and development (R&D) corporation founded
in August, 1984. The company operates under the name Whalen Biomedical
Laboratories. It has offices in Lexington, MA, and laboratories in South Boston,
MA.
The company is
involved with R&D in the areas of medical devices and materials,
with an emphasis on devices for cardiovascular, orthopedic, and urologic
applications. It is also developing timed drug release systems for a
variety of medical applications.
The company has
largely relied on grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health
and the Department of Defense to fund its R&D activities. To date the
company has received over $15 million dollars in competitive awards from
those agencies in support of its R&D. The company also conducts
sponsored research for commercial customers, offers custom device fabrication
services, and provides engineering consulting services to other medical device
companies.
WBI has a
portfolio of 7 U.S. patents protecting its proprietary technology. While the
company is not currently involved in manufacturing, it has a wholly owned
subsidiary, Cambridge Cardiovascular Incorporated, which is chartered as a
manufacturing company in Massachusetts.
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