Inventor-focused
Inventor-focused
MEDICAL DEVICE COLLABORATOR
MEDICAL DEVICE COLLABORATOR
Providing medical innovators with practical, inventor-focused pathways to commercializing discoveries and advancing healthcare.
Our Mission
To expedite the development of life-changing healthcare innovations to patients worldwide by providing time and resource constrained inventors a speedy pathway to actualization.
Why VSI
We boost the delivery of health advancements to patients worldwide through our unique "early discovery" focus on medical device inventors and streamlined patenting process, greatly reducing time to market for their life-changing ideas.
Our People
We are a group of people passionate about innovation. We include surgeons, finance experts, patent specialists, inventors, prototype engineers, business professionals. All with the steadfast goal of improving healthcare worldwide.
About Us
Verivas Solutions Inc. is an “Early Discovery” boutique medical device collaborator with global reach. Our interactions with inventors start at the very early stage, often far before patents are filed. We recognize and place a high value on discovery from physicians, bioengineers and other experts immersed in their fields – professionals with time and resource constraints not allowing them to pursue their ideas and breakthroughs. Verivas Solutions Inc. bridges this gap by providing medtech innovators with a nimble, inventor-focused pathway to commercialization, improving patient care and saving lives faster.
We are a for-profit business with a portion of our profits directed to individuals and entities that further advance educational excellence in our younger population.
Our People
Ross T. Lyon, MD, FACS
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
Medical device use, development and design have been key elements of Dr. Lyon’s professional career, leading him to now focus fully on the advancement of devices in the field of vascular surgery. He brings over 30 years of experience as a vascular surgeon, endovascular specialist and trauma surgeon to Verivas Solutions. Always on the front line of innovation, Dr. Lyon brings his passion and years of experience to supporting physicians, medtechs, bioengineers — all inventors, in their search for improving and renewing healthcare worldwide. “I’m excited for the opportunity to create Verivas Solutions. It is a culmination of my years of work and passion for being a medical device collaborator.”
Stewart Rosenberg, M.S.
CO-FOUNDER & CFO
Stewart Rosenberg is President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Bio-Investigations Ltd. since its inception over 33 years ago. Stewart has steadily led this specialized international healthcare venture capital firm with a dual focus: Negotiation and acquisition of exclusive worldwide licenses from leading universities, including partnering or sublicensing to major multinational pharmaceutical, chemical, and medical device companies; assisting new companies secure senior financing, and intermediate companies identify technologies for acquisition or investment.
Anthony Fraga, MD
CO-FOUNDER & ASSOCIATE
Anthony is a Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate from Yale College and Harvard Medical School. He is currently a Resident Physician at Stanford Medical Center. Anthony was part of the development team for Verivas’ first portfolio device, the Rapid Vein Harvester, and currently is active as an advisory board member of Verivas.
Alexander Crich
CO-FOUNDER & BOARD MEMBER
Alexander is a Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Science at Yale, he is a Co-Founder of Verivas where he was involved in business development and early stage design and prototyping of the Rapid Vein Harvester. He worked at Microvention, a neurovascular medical device company, developing minimally invasive stroke and aneurysm therapies. Alex is a Schwarzman Fellowship Recipient and spent a year in China studying business leadership development and earning his Masters degree in Business. Thereafter, he has been in pivotal positions at Ascertain, Aegis Ventures, and Optain Health, Inc. Alex is currently enrolled at Harvard Business School and is an active Board Member of Verivas.
Sarah Lyon, MD
HEAD OF GRANTS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Dr. Lyon is a Plastic Surgery resident at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. Having completed her undergraduate education at Barnard College, Columbia University and medical school at the University of Chicago, she has developed a keen interest in medicine, research and education. She has been involved in a variety of clinical trials including NIH-sponsored studies investigating the biomarkers of atopic disease in pediatric patients. Currently, Dr. Lyon is working on several clinical projects relating to education in microsurgery as well as understanding the impact of breast reconstruction on cutaneous radiation change in breast cancer patients. As a part of the Verivas team, Dr. Lyon assists in the grant application efforts as the team works to develop product prototypes and foster collaborations with a diverse group of innovators.
Claudio O. Egalon, PhD
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SPECIALIST
Dr. Egalon, a Physicist by training, is president of Science & Sensors Technologies, S&ST. In the past 33 years he pioneered a unique way of injecting light into an optical fiber by illuminating its cylindrical surface: A technique known as side excitation, side illumination, side coupling or “Side Illuminated Fiber Optics”, SIFO. Using this technique, he has been able to demonstrate optical fibers with a very high density of sensing points which can also be used as a multiparametric sensor. Currently, he holds the main patents of this technology platform; a total of 64 patents in 36 different countries. He is an expert in the international patenting system and highly experienced in submitting grant applications to funding agencies both in the U.S. and Brazil.
Mary Kay Allen
OPERATIONS MANAGER
After graduating from the University of Connecticut with a Business degree, Mary Kay has helped launch several startups and family run businesses. With over 25 years of experience in office management, her skills include real estate setup, financial management, insurance planning, patient care, human resources and marketing. Mary Kay has spent the past 10 years as Practice Manager at a vascular surgery center in New York City. Mary Kay is excited to blend her comprehensive startup skills with her passion for healthcare innovation at Verivas.
Portfolio
Rapid Vein Harvester (RVH)
RVH is a minimally invasive endovascular vein harvest device for cardiac and vascular bypass procedures. Easier to learn, quicker to perform, with reduced pain and complications.
Vascular Dialysis Access Conduit (VDAC)
VDAC is a revolutionary alternative to conventional vascular access devices. Eliminates or significantly reduces risk factors associated with repeated procedures.
Device Pipeline
VSI has a robust sequential device and medical technique development pipeline.
Affiliates
Bio-Investigations Ltd. is a specialized international healthcare venture capital firm. For over 35 years, they have focused on the negotiation and acquisition of exclusive worldwide licenses from leading universities, including partnering or sub-licensing to major multinational pharmaceutical, chemical, and medical device companies. Their focus is on assisting new companies secure senior financing and intermediate companies identify technologies for acquisition or investment.