StarFish Medical, a Victoria, BC, and Toronto, Canada-based medical device development company, acquired Omnica Corporation, an Irvine, CA-based medical device design and engineering company.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition, which included Omnica’s 25,000-square-foot facility in Irvine, CA where the firm develops medical products like disposables, diagnostic products, hand-held instruments, monitoring equipment, point-of-care products, and surgical devices, will bring together these two complementary businesses and allow StarFish Medical to expand its local presence to California.
Led by Earl Robinson, who has now announced his retirement, Omnica is a design, engineering, and medical product development firm whose expertise is developing complex medical devices. Technical personnel includes designers, mechanical engineers, electronic and software engineers, advanced R&D specialists, regulatory staff (for FDA documentation), machinists and model makers. Omnica has partnered with startups and industry leaders alike to deliver results that speak for themselves.
Led by CEO and Founder Scott Phillips, StarFish Medical provides design, development, commercialization, and flexible manufacturing outsourcing services, partnering with companies to create and manufacture products for a range of medical specialty areas including digital health, cardiovascular, neurology, urology, gastroenterology, otology, ophthalmology, and in-vitro diagnostics. Services include QA support for setting up QMS for start-up companies with implementation at the client’s site and assisting with ISO 13485 certification audits.
StarFish Medical intends to retain the remaining team at Omnica Corporation, thereby adding the expertise of employees at this 40-year-old company to its repertoire. Now, with a presence in Victoria, Toronto and Irvine, the company has 250 full time staff serving the entire North American market.
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05/11/2024