ISR - Intelligent Software Radio
High throughput programmable microwave radios
École de technologie supérieure

YD3
Harness with sensors for dynamic 3D measurement of knee characteristics for diagnostic purposes
École de technologie supérieure

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AngioChem Inc.

141 President Kennedy, suite SB-5210
Montreal, Quebec H2X 3Y7
Web Address : www.angiochem.com

President and CEO : Jean-Paul Castaigne, M.D.
Telephone : (514) 788-7800
Fax : (514) 788-7801
Email : jpcastaigne@angiochem.com

Company Profile :
Angiochem, a biotechnology company, has the potential to become a leader in the field of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders following the development of a technology platform allowing the delivery of drugs to the brain without breaking the integrity of the Blood-Brain Barrier. Short term, the company is developing innovative drugs to treat brain tumours but it is already anticipating addressing some numerous unmet medical needs for other diseases of the CNS.

Business Model:
AngioChem is a development company that will commercialize eventually its own products. The company will finance its activities through risk capital funding but also through the licensing of its technologies to strategic partners in non-core areas.

Current Partners:
Governmental and para-governmental agencies to fund its research activities. Currently in negotiations with VC’s.

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1100 Notre-Dame West
Montreal, Quebec H3C 1K3
Web Address : www.isr-technologies.com

President and CEO : Naïm Batani
Telephone : (514) 396-8873
Fax : (514) 396-8684
Email : nbatani@isr-technologies.com

Revenue (2005) : Cdn$ 1.5M (Estimate)

Market : US$ 1.5B

Company Profile :
ISR provides a complete Software Defined Radio (SDR) modem allowing microwave network operators to quadruple their capacity for 40 to 70% less cost than alternative hardware or mixed hardware/software products. The technology flexibility allows ISR to aim at the following markets :
- Cellular Backhaul cummunications, VoIP and high speed internet,
- Military communications,
- WiMax Communications (802.16) and
- Satellite communications,
- Maritime « Ship to Shore » communications.

Business Model:
ISR provides equipment suppliers a reference design for the modem hardware and associated components. ISR will also provide all the software/firmware that will be loaded into the radio. ISR will charge a onetime fee for the reference design and a license fee for the software/firmware loaded into each radio. Technical Support is provided by ISR on a 7/24 basis for an annual charge. 

Current Partners:
Ultra Electronics and Xilinx Inc.

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Solution YD3 Inc.

2099, Alexandre-de-Sève, 1st floor
Montréal, Québec
H2L 2W5

President and CEO : Jean-Pierre Langlois
Telephone : (514) 945-5169
Email : jp.langlois@videotron.ca

Revenue (estimates) : $75 000 (2004), $750 000 (2005), $4.5M (2006)

Market : $750M / year

Company Profile :
The newly created company is a joint venture between Valeo, Univalor, and Créa. Working for Solution YD3 are Jacques A. de Guise of the École de Technologie Supérieure, L’Hocine Yahia of École Polytechnique, and Nicolas Duval of the Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal who are inventors of technologies currently being exploited by Solution YD3.

Business Model:
Solution YD3 provides a medical device for measuring dynamically in 3D the characteristics of a knee. This device is used in telemedicine and provides knee evaluation services for physiotherapists, orthopaedic surgeons, and doctors specialised in sports medicine, physiatric, and geriatric.

This innovative evaluation service fulfills the needs of specialised clinics, professional sport teams and sport amateurs, hospitals, and workman trades involved in high knee joint injuries risks. The system is being evaluated in several clinics.

Current Partners:
Clinique Physio+, Pavillon de Chamille, Université de Montréal, Proscan, Wellness centers

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