VenoStent

Absorbable wrap for blood vessels

Y CombinatorSummer 2020ActiveHealthcareMedical DevicesMedical Devices3D Printing

What they do

Problem

Dialysis access and bypass surgeries often fail due to blood vessel complications, leading to poor outcomes and repeat procedures.

Solution

An absorbable surgical wrap placed around blood vessels to support them and reduce post-surgery failure.

Who it's for

Vascular and cardiac surgeons and hospital surgical teams performing dialysis access and bypass procedures.

Founders

Tim Boire

Founder

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.

Geoffrey Lucks

Founder

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.