Medtronic Acquires Nano Surface Technology Assets from Nanovis

Second Sight Medical Products Completes Merger with Nano Precision Medical and Becomes Vivani Medical, Inc.

August 30, 2022

Biotechnology

Second Sight Medical Products completed its merger with Nano Precision Medical and changed its name to Vivani Medical, Inc., with the combined company trading on Nasdaq under the ticker VANI. The transaction brings approximately $55 million in cash to advance Nano Precision Medical's NanoPortal implant portfolio (including lead asset NPM-119) into clinical development and places Nano Precision CEO Dr. Adam Mendelsohn as CEO of the combined company.

NanoVibronix, Inc. Acquires ENvue Medical Holdings Corp.

February 14, 2025

Medical Devices

NanoVibronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAOV) completed a stock-for-stock acquisition of ENvue Medical Holdings Corp., adding ENvue's FDA 510(k)-cleared electromagnetic navigation enteral feeding system to NanoVibronix's medical device portfolio. The transaction, which issued NanoVibronix common and Series X preferred shares to ENvue holders and was accompanied by a $500,000 senior convertible debenture private placement, is intended to expand commercial reach, product capabilities and operational efficiencies in enteral feeding and guided medical navigation.

Danaher Acquires Precision NanoSystems

June 1, 2021

Biotechnology

Danaher Corporation has acquired Vancouver-based Precision NanoSystems (PNI), a developer of lipid nanoparticle delivery technologies and microfluidic manufacturing platforms for genetic medicines. PNI will join Danaher's Life Sciences platform to expand its capabilities in mRNA and genetic-medicine development and complement existing portfolio companies such as Cytiva and Pall.

Vorsana Environmental Acquires NanosTech

April 14, 2021

Energy

Vorsana Environmental Inc. has acquired NanosTech, a University of Calgary–linked developer of nano-catalyst in-situ upgrading technology (ISUT). The acquisition strengthens Vorsana’s cleantech portfolio—combining NanosTech’s catalytic upgrading and ISUT with Vorsana’s waste-to-fuel and carbon capture technologies to accelerate commercialization and reduce GHG emissions in Canada’s energy sector.

Medtronic Acquires SonarMed

May 10, 2021

Medical Devices

Medtronic plc acquired SonarMed, a Purdue‑bred developer of the SonarMed airway monitoring system, in December 2020. The acquisition adds continuous acoustic airway monitoring technology for neonatal and pediatric ventilation to Medtronic's respiratory/medical surgical portfolio to help detect endotracheal tube obstruction and position in real time.

Bruker Corporation Acquires NanoString Technologies Business

May 6, 2024

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has acquired substantially all assets of NanoString Technologies, Inc. through a court-supervised Chapter 11 asset sale for approximately $392.6 million in cash plus assumption of certain liabilities. The deal, announced April 2024 and closed in late April/early May 2024, brings NanoString's spatial biology and gene-expression product lines into Bruker to preserve customer access, product development, and jobs while expanding Bruker's life‑science instrumentation capabilities.