Healthcare

VenoStent

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Founded 2017Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

There are 10 million dialysis and bypass surgeries per year, but half of them fail. VenoStent saves lives with a wrap that goes around blood vessels during surgery so they don't fail.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

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.

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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.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
17team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedHouston, TX, USA
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Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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