Morgenthaler Ventures, biotech, medical device, and communications/computer technology investors since the mid-'80s, backed away from the biotech group in 1993. But the investment pendulum has now swung away from IT and toward health care. So the firm is back into biotech investing, and is also picking up the pace in devices.

A preview of the emerging health care companies profiled in the current issue of Start-Up. This month's profile group, Imaging and the Web features profiles of InPhact Inc., InSite One Inc., PhorMax Corp. and Stentor Inc. Plus these selected Start-Ups across Health Care: A-Med Systems Inc., Genitope Corp., Genmab AS and WebEBM Inc.

A-Med is developing a less invasive cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) alternative. Its goal is to create a new pump system that combines the lower morbidity of off-pump procedures with the safety of CPB.