Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava is the founder and CEO of Innova Vascular. Sanjay has been involved in developing, commercializing, evaluating, and acquiring medical devices for over 20 years. During his career, Sanjay has held leadership positions at leading medical device companies including senior director, business development at Johnson & Johnson, vice president, upstream marketing and strategy at BTG, plc. (acquired by Boston Scientific Corporation), director global marketing at Medtronic, and director, research & development at Covidien/ev3 (merged with Medtronic). Sanjay cofounded BlackSwan Vascular, a medical device startup company, which received FDA approval for its Lava liquid embolic agent for peripheral vascular use. BlackSwan was acquired by Boston based Sirtex Medical and its parent company in April 2023. Additionally, Sanjay serves as a member of the board of directors at enVVeno Medical Corporation (Nasdaq: NVNO).
Sanjay holds over 30 issued US patents and numerous international patents in medical devices and has edited two books including one titled “Medical Device Materials” published by ASM International. He was named among 100 Notable People in Medical Device Industry by the prestigious MD&DI (Medical Devices and Diagnostics Industry) magazine. He has been an invited speaker at clinical, business, and engineering conferences to speak about medical device innovation and commercialization. Sanjay holds a doctorate in materials science and engineering from the University of Florida and a bachelor’s from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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Innova Vascular’s Laguna® Thrombectomy System Surpasses Primary Endpoints in Pivotal TRUST Study for Pulmonary Embolism
IRVINE, CA, UNITED STATES, October 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Innova Vascular, Inc., a medical technology company developing minimally invasive treatments for blood clots in the vascular system, today announced positive results from its pivotal TRUST (Treating Pulmonary Embolism with Laguna Thrombectomy System) study evaluating the Laguna® Thrombectomy System for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE).
Innova Vascular Completes Enrollment in Trust IDE Study Evaluating the Laguna Thrombectomy System™ for Pulmonary Embolism
IRVINE, CA, UNITED STATES, August 31, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Innova Vascular, Inc., a medical technology company developing innovative endovascular solutions for the treatment of vascular thromboembolism, today announced the completion of patient enrollment in the TRUST pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Laguna® Thrombectomy System for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE).
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Innova Vascular, Inc. today announced successful early commercial use of the company’s Laguna Thrombectomy System™. Physicians at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and Providence St. Joseph in Orange, California, who were the first to use this system in patients, have reported positively on their experience.
IRVINE, Calif, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Innova Vascular, Inc. announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Laguna Clot Retriever™ System and its Malibu Aspiration Catheter™ System for use in the peripheral vasculature. The two new devices are collectively known as the Laguna Thrombectomy System.
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