Senior Design Engineer
CurrentStrait Access Technologies (SAT) was founded in 2008 as a start-up company at the University of Cape Town. Our objective is the development of cost effective and enabling technologies to treat heart valve diseases. Our focus is primarily on creating intelligent surgical products to treat Rheumatic patients in emerging economies. Solving the complex technical challenges for devices required in younger Rheumatic candidates, has resulted in breakthrough solutions that have competitive advantages for older patients with degenerative heart valve conditions – in emerging and developed economies.Specifically, our second generation balloon expandable TAVR valve for rheumatic and degenerative aortic valve disease is designed to treat the entire aortic valve disease spectrum from calcific aortic stenosis to pure aortic regurgitation in patients with non-calcified, compliant annuli.