First surgical device for measuring valve leakage during heart surgery
Fast & easy to use device to determine the leakage of the aortic valve during valve surgery
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ABOUT US
We are a young start-up from the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research and our aim is to bring forward a novel device for measuring aortic valve leakage during surgery which will allow the surgeon to fix leaky valves before the heart is restarted and the patient is disconnected from the cardiopulmonary bypass system.
OUR TEAM
Lukas Glaus
Physician & Mechnical Engineer
CEO
Silje Ekroll Jahren
Dr. / Biomedical Engineer
ARTORG Center, University of Bern
Pascal Buchs✝
MSc / Biomedical engineer
ARTORG Center, University of Bern
Emmanuel Zimmer
Dr. med. / Heart surgeon
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Bern
Dominik Obrist
Professor
ARTORG Center, University of Bern
OUR SUCCESS
Venture Kick stage 1 & 2 Win
In August 2025 (stage I) and October 2025 (Stage II) we won the two first stages of the start-up competition Venture Kick organized by the charitable Kick Foundation, supported by a private consortium and operated by Venturelab. The final stage (stage III) is currently ongoing.
Article in Hauptstadt.be: Startup ohne Gründer
The newspaper Hauptstadt.be has written about our Pascal Buchs and TightValve’s difficult journey after the tragicial accident of Pascal on 27th December 2024.
In memory of Pascal Buchs
In light of the tragical accident on 27th December 2024, we have written some words that we would like to share with you:
🤍 In memory of Pascal Buchs 🕊️
BRIDGE Proof of Concept grant
In August 2024, we have received a grant from the BRIDGE Proof of Concept funding for one year. This marks the begining of the development of our project. The goal of the following year is to validate our device on the first patients.
STAGE-UP WIN
In june 2024 we won the start-up competition Stage-Up organized by the entrepreneurship center of the University of Bern.
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