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Architects: Small & Medium Size Business (SMBs), Product Development, De-Risking, Validation, Building Niche & Emerging Markets
*Architects: Diabetes, Dialysis, Renal & Kidney Disease Companies (Health IT, Devices & Technology)
Phraxis
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*Architects: Diabetes, Dialysis, Renal & Kidney Disease Companies (Health IT, Devices & Technology)
*Industry: Minnesota
Venture Capital: Angel, Seed & Incubator Series
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CEO Michael Kallok
Company’s chief scientific officer Alexander Yevzlin, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a director of Interventional Nephrology and the university’s chronic kidney disease clinic.
Minnesota startup targets hemodialysis patients, seeks $5 million (2011)
The fact that it is under the skin minimizes the chance for infection
The implanted device has a novel connector design that allows one end to be attached to the artery.
Then a synthetic graft material is attached to this connector and is tunneled under the skin, and the other end is connected to a vein in the patient.
What the Phraxis device allows is a percutaneous insertion of a permanent dialysis device that will allow you to withdraw blood from a patient and dialyze it
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University of Wisconsin