BioSphere Medical, a medical device company based in Rockland, Mass., seeks to pioneer and commercialize minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic applications based on proprietary bioengineered microsphere technology. The companys core technologies, patented bioengineered polymers and manufacturing methods, are used to produce microscopic spherical materials with unique beneficial properties for a variety of medical applications. BioSpheres principal focus is the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids using a procedure called uterine fibroid embolization. The companys products continue to gain acceptance in this rapidly emerging procedure as well as in a number of other new and established medical treatments.