Taller:

“Emprender en Electrónica”

25 de Noviembre, 2008

CCC is a medical device company, focused in the design, testing and manufacturing of medical systems including:

• active implantable medical devices

• programmer systems

• battery chargers

• patient wands

• leads

About us

History

1950’s 1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s

October 8, 1958

Arne Larsson

received the world's

first implantable

pacemaker

(manufactured by

Elema-Schönander )

at the Karolinska

Institute in

Stockholm, Sweden.

February 3, 1960

Dr. Fiandra performed

the first successful

pacemaker chronic

implant at CASMU,

Montevideo. The

pacemaker was also

manufactured by

Elema-Schönander .

1970

Dr. Fiandra found CCC, to

design and manufacture

pacemakers.

1998

CCC starts offering

medical devices design

services for third parties

1996

Design of

ASIC for CCC

pacemakers

2000’s

Several devices

designed and

manufactured by CCC

People & Facilities

• Employees: 130

– Engineers: 50

• Facility surface: 2000 m2

– Class 100.000 clean area: 132 m2

– Class 10.000 clean area: 12 m2

• Location: Montevideo, Uruguay

Quality System

• ISO 9000:2000 (BSI)

• ISO 13485:2003 (BSI)

• FDA 21 CFR Part 820 (QSR) compliance

• CE Mark of TEROS pacemakers and ALUS Programming System

• CE Mark and IDE for several customer’s devices

Near future:

• 2009 Q1: GMP facility authorized by the FDA

Business Units

Pacemakers Engineering

Pacemakers Unit

• Products:

– TEROS pacemakers

– ALUS Programming System

– LD PACE II for Cardiomioplasty

– Leads

– Pacemakers System Analyzers

– Circuits & Parts

• Markets: Uruguay, European Community, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Russia, India and China.

Engineering UnitCCC designs and manufactures active

implantable devices and complete medical

systems for third parties.

Our capabilities include:

• Product design and development

• Breadboard and prototypes building

• Small series manufacturing

• FDA and CE documentation

Medical System Components

IPG Leads

Programmer

System

PSA

Patient

wand

Battery

charger

Logger

Design Areas

• Electronics

• Firmware

• High-level software

• Mechanical design

• ASIC design

• Leads and encapsulation

• Communications

• System integration

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Design & Manufacturing Outsourcing

Idea / Concept

Research

Design / Development

Small Production

Prototype / Product

Large Production

Design / Development

Prototype / Product

Small Production

Design Process

Specification

Idea /

Concept

DesignPrototype /

ProductVerification

Small

Production

Validation

Design Review

Technology

Transfer

Large

ProductionResearch

Development Platform• Communication module

• Sensing modules

• Pacing modules

• Wireless battery recharge module

• Impedance measure module

• Accelerometer module

• FW download module

• RTC module

• Neurostimulator for research

Development Platform

Customer

Therapy

Pacing

Module

Communication

Module

Application Fields of Systems

Developed by CCC

• Heart Failure

• Obesity

• Diabetes

• Neurostimulation

• Blood pressure control

• Foot drop correction

• Urinary incontinence

• Patient monitoring

Customers & Markets

• Customers: medical devices start-up companies:

– They own the therapy IP (developed in house or

licensed from research centers, Universities, etc.)

– Usually in early stage (proof of concept, early animal

research, future clinical trials)

– Funded by VC firms, angel investors or corporations

– Exit strategy: IPO or buyout

• Markets: niches in USA, Israel and Canada

How do we find our customers?• References: the most important source. A satisfied

customer is the best marketing promotion.

• Networking: entrepreneurs, investors, researchers.

• Conferences:

– Investing conferences: investors and entrepreneurs in the

same room

– Technical conferences: research of today, development of

tomorrow

How do we find our customers?

• Sources of information:

– Specialized publications

– VC investing reports: PE Hub, PWC MoneyTree, etc.

– Patents search: USPTO site

– Internet search

CCC Competitive Advantage

• CCC offers a turn-key solution:

– Our customers give us a requirements document, and

we deliver a product ready for implantation

• Fast development

• Flexibility to customer needs

• Almost 40 years of experience in implantable

medical devices

Q&A