based on his patents and inventions. Venture and equity investors in these companies include: Pitango, Three Arch, HBM Bioventures, Delta Ventures, Onset Ventures, Alice Ventures and the Infinity Group. Other companies that have either invested in or acquired these companies include: Medtronic Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Elan Medical Technology, Elron Electronic Industries and American Medical Systems. Examples of these companies are listed below by indication. Diabetes Beta-02 Technologies, treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes, BetaStim, new neurostimulation treatment for diabetes, Drug Delivery Brainsgate, acute stroke treatment and brain drug-delivery technology, TransPharma Medical, active transdermal drug delivery system, E-Pill, oral delivery of large molecule drugs, Gastroenterology GI View, devices for diagnosing and treating gastrointestinal disorders, DuoCure, Obesity therapy, Neurostimulation BioControl Medical, neurostimulation devices, Ophthalmology VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc., miniature telescope for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In March 2009, the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel voted 8–0 to approve, with conditions including post-approval studies, the premarket application (PMA: 17.15, 0, 0%) of VisionCare's implantable miniature telescope for End-Stage AMD. This vote overturned the "not approvable" recommendation from a Food & Drug Administration advisory panel in 2006. The implantable telescope corrects AMD by projecting a magnified image on the back of one eye restoring a person's central vision. Ophthocare, FDA approved electronic eyeglasses for lazy eye in children, Remote Patient Supervision EarlySense, contact-free, continuous, patient supervision system for hospital and home use, BioMetrics IDesia Biometrics, the only personal biometric authentication technology that captures electro physiological signals unique to each individual, Cardiovascular Valtech Cardio, minimally invasive mitral valve repair technology. Rainbow Medical Rainbow Medical, based in Herzliya Pituach, Israel, was launched in 2007 with $20 million in funding from GlenRock Israel, NGN Capital, SVM Asset Management and individuals. Rainbow Medical has aspects of a venture fund and a US-style incubator. Rainbow mainly supports the technology ideas of Yossi Gross. Rainbow Medical finances its start-up companies at their beginnings. Subsequent investment is done on an individual company basis through both outside investors and select Rainbow investors. Rainbow Medical is led by Yossi Gross, CTO, Efi Cohen-Arazi, CEO, Gilad Lorberaum, COO and Saadia Ozeri, CFO. All Rainbow companies share the same resources, including accounting and law firms. The startup companies are all led by CEOs mainly recruited from Talpiot, a branch of the IDF. When the companies graduate to clinical trials, then American CEOs are sought to run the companies. The U.S. is also