Vascular Designs Founder Robert Goldman Speaks at Medical Device Summit
Vascular Designs CEO and Founder Robert Goldman presented at the Investment in Innovation Medical Device Summit, held October 19-21 in San Francisco.
At the conference, Goldman discussed his inspiration for founding the company, the loss of his sister Amy Cohen to cancer, and the arduous experience of inventing the IsoFlow infusion catheter and securing FDA marketing clearance for the device. Goldman addressed the possible applications of the catheter, which include late-stage and pre-surgery cancer treatment, stroke intervention, and the treatment of other terminal diseases. He reported that the market opportunity for IsoFlow is greater than $1 billion.
Goldman was happy to share that Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin has become the first organization to use the catheter, which resulted in a succesful cancer treatment procedure. He also said that the company was recently named a 2009 Healthcare Innovation Award for Oncology winner by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
