Hemova: Hemodialysis Vascular Access
In the US alone, 300,000 people require kidney dialysis in order to live. To start dialysis, patients undergo surgery to make a connection to the blood using devices that fail in as little as one year costing Medicare $1 billion/year in new surgeries and high patient morbidity. Hemova Medical is providing a new solution for a long-lasting connection to the blood. Hemova Port will reduce the number of surgeries required to fix or replace failed blood access devices in patients saving Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars per year and reducing dialysis patient morbidity.
Clinical Advisors
- Thomas Reifsnyder, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, JHU School of Medicine
- Kelvin Hong, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, JHU School of Medicine
- Clifford R. Weiss, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, JHU School of Medicine
Graduate Student Team Members
- Mary O'Grady
- Peter Li
- Sherri Hall
- Shishira Nagesh
- Thora Thorgilsdottir
Additional Information
- 2011 ASME IShow - 1st Place
- 2011 University of Oregon New Venture Challenge - Finalist/Elevator Pitch Winner
- 2011 Massachusetts Institue of Technology - Elevator Pitch Finalist
- 2011 Rice University Business Plan Cometition - Semi-Finalist / 3rd Place (Life Science)
- 2011 University of Nebraska Business Plan Competition - 4th Place
- 2011 Wake Forest University Business Plan Competition - 4th Place
- 2011 NCIIA Venture Labs Award Recipient
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