CorInnova and Intelligent Implants have both secured funding after participating in the JLabs@TMC incubator.

Two US-based healthcare developers from Texas Medical Center’s (TMC) Innovation Institute startup initiative have each secured $250,000 from the research complex’s Venture Fund.

The two investees are cardiac assist device developer CorInnova and implantable bone growth monitor creator Intelligent Implants.

Both businesses took part in JLabs@TMC, an incubator partnership between TMC and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, part of healthcare firm Johnson & Johnson.

CorInnova is developing a soft robotic pacemaker called Epic Heart to help treat patients who have suffered…