Startup Story with Vena Medical
Join
us
to
hear
from
Michael
Phillips
(BASc
‘
17)
Co-founder
of
Vena
Medical
in
this
intimate
lunch
hour
startup
story
session.
Michael
Phillips
(BASc
’17)
and
Phillip
Cooper
(BASc
’17)
founded
Vena
Medical
in
the
final
year
of
their
undergraduate
degree
with
supports
including
Velocity
Science.
Vena
creates
tools
to
change
the
way
that
physicians
perform
minimally
invasive
neurosurgery.
Their
flagship
product
is
the
world’s
smallest
camera,
capable
of
going
inside
veins
and
arteries
to
help
physicians
treat
stroke.
The
camera
provides
doctors
with
the
ability
to
look
from
inside
of
the
body
in
real
time
and
offers
greater
image
quality
allowing
for
improved
treatment
of
patients
and
ultimately
better
outcomes.
Without
this
technology,
doctors
are
guided
by
external
X-Ray.
Vena
Medical,
earned
Health
Canada
approval
earlier
this
year
for
hardware
it
calls
the
Vena
Balloon
Distal
Access
Catheter
(BDAC).
Now
the
device
has
been
used
by
surgeons
at
hospitals
in
London
and
Ottawa
to
remove
blood
clots
and
restore
blood
flow
as
quickly
as
possible
for
five
patients.