Location San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Mr. Bishop co-founded Direct Flow Medical in June 2004.
Mr. Bishop was recruited from California Polytechnic State University to Arterial Vascular Engineering, Inc. (AVE) in 1999 where he led various stent projects, including the Driver™ stent, currently on the market in the US and Europe. The Driver stent introduced interventional cardiology
to the cobalt chrome era and its improved visibility, deliverability and radial strength due to the stent’s unique material properties.
The Driver stent emerged as the preferred cobalt-based alloy stent in Europe, and is the market-leading bare-metal stent in Japan. In addition to leading the Driver stent Project at AVE, Mr. Bishop served on the ASTM F04 committee alongside agents of the FDA and other industry representatives to establish standards for stent testing and modeling.
He also provided the patent litigation team with engineering support, and was responsible for failure analysis of returned goods. Hired as a Senior Engineer at MitraLife, Inc,. Mr. Bishop was a lead engineer on a novel percutaneous approach to lessen mitral regurgitation by implanting a device into the coronary sinus.
As the first start-up company in this space, MitraLife spawned many other investments in the field. MitraLife was acquired by ev3, Inc. a Minneapolis-based company. Mr. Bishop has a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State.
