YoungHeartValve
Polymeric TAVR Heart Valve Technology
health AI/biotech medtech—cardiovascular devices (TAVR)
Raised$6.5 million
Employees5
LocationAtlanta, GA
About
YoungHeartValve's market-disruptive, durable biopolymeric technology, with worldwide exclusive rights, is poised to set a new standard for the growing market of low-risk patients.
Product
- Value proposition
- Tissue-free, hyaluronan-enhanced polymer leaflets designed to resist thrombosis and calcification with scalable, animal-free manufacturing for multiple valve indications
Founders
- Lakshmi Prasad Dasi, Ph.D. — Co-Founder and CTO
- Susan James, Ph.D. — Co-Founder and COO
Products
Biopolymer Leaflet TAVR Valve
Key features
Biopolymer leaflets built for enduranceBalloon expandable, low-profile deliveryProprietary dynamic sealing technology to reduce paravalvular leakageScalable manufacturing without animal tissueHylauronan-enhanced polymer technology for thrombosis/calcification resistance
Technologies
Hylauronan-enhanced polymer leafletsTAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement)Dynamic sealing technologySynthetic, animal-free manufacturingInterpenetrating network biomaterial
Traction metrics
3 patents approved or pending in US and worldwideNIH SBIR Phase 1 fundraising (raised $450K)
Investors
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (via SBIR grants)
News
- YoungHeartValve - LinkedIn
- Significant additional funding secured for further development - Young Heart Valve · 2024-10-25T12:36:11.000Z
- Lakshmi (Prasad) Dasi | GT Biomedical Engineering
- YoungHeartValve, Inc. Announces Significant Additional Funding Secured for Further Development of the Rejuvenate Valve · 2024-10-25T18:05:00.000Z
- The mother of invention: Sue James talks about changing the world, one patent at a time
- Where Bio Meets Tech - Georgia Trend Magazine
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Profile updated Jul 29, 2026. Sources: youngheartvalve.com
