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About the Company

Contego Medical, founded in 2005, has developed a family of novel emboli protection devices. The main feature of each device is that the treatment portion (i.e., balloon or stent) is on the same catheter as the embolic protection device, thus coupling the two together. This device can act as an angioplasty balloon with an integrated emboli protection device. If a stent is mounted on the balloon, it can serve as a stent with an integrated emboli protection device. We know that embolization occurs with all angioplasty and stenting procedures. It is usually hard to predict which ones will result in clinical sequalae. Despite knowing that embolization is ubiquitous, embolic protection devices are not used in all procedures as they add complexity, time, and cost. Dedicated devices do not exist for renal intervention, although the majority of physicians say they would use one if it existed. Contego Medical’s family of embolic protection devices represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.

About the Person

Udayan Patel,MS, MBA serves as Vice President of Research & Development at Icon Interventional Systems, Inc. Mr. Patel has over 21 years Product Development experience and is the recipient of 20- US patents. He began his career in the medical device industry as a Research and Development Scientist for the Vistakon division of Johnson & Johnson. Following that he spent 10 years at Guidant Corporation where he was a Program Manager in Product Development, and responsible for the design, development, and manufacturing ramp-up of novel PTA balloons and stents. Following that Mr. Patel served as Director of R&D at Advanced Stent Technology, where he was responsible for manufacturing ramp-up for all new products. Prior to joining ICON Mr. Patel served as Director of R&D at Avantec Corporation where he was responsible for development of PTA and PTCA products. He holds MBA from University of Phoenix, MS (Plastics Engineering) from University of Massachusetts, MS (Polymer Science) from University of Massachusetts and BS (Chemistry) from Bombay University.