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Absorbable wrap for blood vessels
There are 10 million dialysis and bypass surgeries per year, but half of them fail. VenoStent saves lives with a wrap that goes around blood vessels during surgery so they don't fail.
VenoStent develops SelfWrap, a bioengineered, absorbable vascular wrap aimed at improving outcomes for dialysis access sites. The product is in research and development and is currently investigational, not for sale.
SelfWrap is described as a bioabsorbable, flexible vascular wrap designed to reduce dialysis access site failures. It targets vascular surgery patients, particularly those requiring dialysis access, and is positioned as a tissue engineering technology developed by a cross-disciplinary team with expertise in biomedical engineering, materials engineering, and medical 3D printing. The company notes that SelfWrap is in the research and development phase and is investigational, with limited use restricted by federal law.
Who it’s for: Healthcare providers and vascular surgeons managing dialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease.
news mentions of clinical trial enrollment and financing rounds; IDE approval and Breakthrough Device designation noted, indicating active fundraising and regulatory engagement
President and CEO of VenoStent, Inc. I developed these novel smart polymeric biomaterials for vascular applications during my PhD at Vanderbilt University. Focus of the technology shifted to hemodialysis access applications after participating in the 2014 NSF I-Corps program. BS, Chemical & Biological Engineering and Biotechnology, Tufts University, 2008; PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2017. Worked in R&D at Genzyme Corporation, 2008 - 2011. Grew up in Nashua, NH.
Co-founder & COO of pivotal trial-stage therapeutic medical device company developing bioabsorbable wraps to improve vascular surgery. Vandy MBA, UPenn Masters of Bioethics, UW-Madison UG Interested in tech and culture. Reading: the classics, religion, economics, finance, politics, philosophy, history, social sciences, etc. Born mellow and everywhere harshed.
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