Egg Medical Inc. secured a $13 million investment from TVM Capital Life Science to solve the Humpty-Dumpty problem that plagues interventional cardiology – the scattering of radiation during X-ray guided procedures. The company’s Eggnest XR product contains the radiation using a carbon fiber platform with integrated radiation shielding that replaces the patient mattress on the X-ray table.

The French government has unveiled future investment plans. It reported the “Innovative Medical Devices” plan as part of the France 2030 initiative, in support of the medical devices industry. At the start of 2022, an innovative “Healthcare 2030” initiative came into effect, which sees the mobilization of $8.35 billion in credit for the life sciences sector.

Saluda Medical Pty Ltd. raised $125 million in equity financing to commercialize and scale up its Evoke spinal cord simulation system for chronic pain and to advance its technology platform across an emerging portfolio of neuromodulation therapies.

To counter the worldwide growth of antimicrobial resistance, a subject of worldwide concern but little actual progress, Arrepath Inc. has raised a $20 million seed financing to advance its machine learning-based platform for discovering new classes of anti-infectives.