Sonorous NV develops devices to treat cerebral venous sinus stenosis symptomatic to pulsatile tinnitus. www.sonorousnv.com

Infinity Neuro designs, develops and commercializes devices to treat ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.

David Ferrera is an engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and advisor with nearly 30 years of experience in the medical device field successfully developing products, founding companies, and managing them from concept through commercialization. He's author of Innovation in Translation - How Big Ideas Really Happen Published by Advantage-Forbes in 2021.

RC Medical is an Orange County, California based Venture Studio that works directly with physicians and entrepreneurs to develop catheter-based diagnostic and interventional radiology technologies. RCM's newcos are physician inspired Class I, Class II (USA) and Class III (EU & OUS) product ideas that have pending, or issued, IP.

Single Pass has developed the only patented, battery-powered, single use electrocautery device that can fit inside of deep tissue biopsy guide needles to cauterize the biopsy tract to prevent hematoma formation and hemorrhage.

It all started with eight best friends who loved and participated in high school sports together. In 1985, a group of eight classmates graduated from St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. After graduation, the friends went their separate ways to pursue higher education opportunities and differing career paths. However, the friends remained close over the following decades, staying in touch and reuniting for special occasions. In 2012, they began a new tradition of meeting up each year to attend an NFL game to watch their favorite team play—the New England Patriots. After a member of the group sadly lost a spouse to cancer in 2021, with a daughter still in college, the group began thinking about ways they could galvanize their friendship for a greater purpose. There was more that they could be doing besides just going to football games, right? Understanding that their collective career successes would not have been possible without the benefit of a college education, they also realized the financial strain that losing a parent during college or coming from a single-parent household could cause. The 85 Patriot Fund was thus conceived as a way to give back meaningfully to those seeking education as a means to enhance their lives, but who are facing financial challenges associated with a single-parent household. Officially founded in July 2021, the 85 Patriot Fund is currently accepting donations for the creation of its inaugural scholarship to be awarded in 2022 to a student selected through a need and essay-based application process.

Blackbriar Medical LLC has real world experience, bringing diverse industry relationships, continuity and momentum to your project. Blackbriar's management team has held leadership roles at medical device start-ups, providing them with invaluable experience in creating and running efficient and effective operations. The range of experience we can leverage for our partners includes: business development, product development & prototyping, market analysis & development, intellectual property expertise, regulatory strategy, pre-clinical and clinical support and fund raising.

Quantum Fund OC is an Orange County, California based and funded Venture Studio that directs its investments into catheter-based diagnostic and interventional radiology technologies. Quantum invests in KOL physician inspired Class I and Class II (USA) and class III (EU & OUS) product ideas that have pending, or issued, IP.

Blockade Medical acquired by Balt International in 2016Chief Technology Officer - June 2019 to May 2020 SVP Global R&D - January 2019 to May 2019President & COO at Balt USA - August 2016 to December 2018President & CTO at Blockade Medical - 2011 to August 2016Blockade Medical develops less invasive interventional products to treat patients with hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke.

The OCTANe Leadership Council is the guiding group of OCTANe members who OCTANe looks to for perspective on key strategic, planning and operations matters regarding biomedical vertical at OCTANe. It is comprised of 60+ local senior representatives of biomedical companies, the university community, key service providers and serial entrepreneurs.

Acquired by Covidien in 2012.Vice President & General Manager; August 2007 to August 2010.MindFrame develops less invasive interventional products to treat patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Acquired by Terumo in 2006.Microvention develops less invasive interventional products to treat patients with cerebral aneurysms. Their products offer a unique hydrogel coating technology that after placement, protect aneurysms from bleeding or re-bleeding from a initial hemorrhagic stroke thereby restoring the patient's life.

IPO in 2005.Acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2010.Micrus Endovascular is a medical device company that manufactures and markets both implantable and disposable medical devices used in the treatment of cerebral vascular diseases. Their products are used to treat cerebral aneurysms in the brain responsible for hemorrhagic stroke. Their proprietary, three-dimensional microcoils are unique in that they automatically deploy within the aneurysm, forming a scaffold that conforms to a wide diversity of aneurysm shapes and sizes.