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Selera Medical

One-time, device-based treatment for heart failure

Y CombinatorWinter 2024InactiveHealthcareMedical DevicesMedical DevicesHealthcare

What they do

Problem

Heart failure patients suffer fluid overload that drives debilitating symptoms and frequent hospitalizations.

Solution

A one-time, minimally invasive device-based procedure leverages the body's fluid management system to offload trapped fluid and prevent recurrent buildup.

Who it's for

Cardiologists and hospitals treating heart failure patients use it.

Founders

Stacie Arechavala
Founder

Founder & CEO of Selera Medical, developing paradigm-shifting technology for heart failure patient management. Previous experience includes Innovation Fellow at Stanford Biodesign, CoS running internal operations at a healthtech startup, R&D engineer developing cardiovascular devices at Medtronic. Masters in biomedical engineering and engineering management from Duke.

Kevin Bui
Founder

Kevin is co-founder and CTO of Selera Medical, a medical device startup developing a minimally invasive therapy for congestive heart failure. Prior to this, he was an Innovation Fellow in the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign. Kevin received his undergraduate bioengineering degree from Stanford and his PhD in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he conducted research at the intersection of robotics, stroke rehabilitation, and cognitive neuroscience.

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