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Client Spotlight: Flow Medtech
Around 800,000 Americans suffer from strokes every year; of these, 160,000 are caused by atrial fibrillation (afib). Afib is when the
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heart doesn’t beat properly, and this affects a pouch on the heart called the left atrial appendage (LAA). When someone has afib, the LAA becomes a breeding ground for clots. These clots can escape the LAA and travel to the brain, causing stroke; consequently, afib patients are five times more likely to have a stroke. Flow MedTech, Inc. has developed patent protected technology to reduce this high risk of stroke for patients suffering from afib. The solution is an implantable balloon that inflates and conforms to an individual’s uniquely shaped LAA, blocking it off from the rest of the heart and preventing clot formations and clots escaping and traveling to the brain, thereby reducing stroke risk.
Flow MedTech’s minimally-invasive catheter precisely delivers what is the first easy-to-use and detachable balloon implant. Flow MedTech’s chosen balloon material has been proven to reduce clots, reduce infection, and is FDA cleared for cardiac implantable use. Flow MedTech started because both of the founders not only had fun but also had a passion for creating something truly new that had the potential to save millions of patients from suffering. As Biomedical Engineers from Georgia Tech, each founder had the technical expertise to create an innovative device to help reduce the high risk of stroke in patients suffering from afib. Flow MedTech, Inc. is a portfolio company of Health Wildcatters accelerator program located in Dallas, TX. For more information, please visit flow-medtech.com. |
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"Arnab is a great example of some of the talented, motivated young people we have in the region," said John Campbell, AccelNow Executive Director. "We are pleased he came us to help him pursue their next round of development for this life saving device."
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About Arnab Chakraborty
Arnab Chakraborty is cofounder, Chief Product Officer, and Board Chairman of Flow MedTech. Arnab grew up in Johnson City, graduating from Science Hill High School in 2009. Arnab is a graduate of the Biomedical Engineering program at Georgia Tech (GT). While at Georgia Tech, Arnab conducted research as a part of Dr. Ajit Yoganathan’s Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics
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research group, which is one of the pioneering laboratories in the world studying the function and mechanics of heart valves and other complex cardiac defects. His accolades with Flow MedTech include being the winner of the 2014 GT Ideas to Serve Advanced Track Competition, finalist of the GT Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Entrepreneurial Award, semifinalist of the GT Startup Competition, and 2012 and 2014 semifinalist of the GT InVenture Prize, and company presenter at various health conferences nationally including being Johnson & Johnson’s sponsored presenter at the 2014 AdvaMed national health conference.
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