Onocor is a startup with ties to University of Pennsylvania and to an existing entity designated the Gorman Cardiovascular Research Group (GCRG). Th enew entity Onocor was established by an experienced team focused on development of a catheter based retrieval system design to recovered malposition cardiovascular devices. Writeup of the firmnotes that that over the past decade there haave been an increasing number of devices placed by minimally invasive catheter based techniques. These devices include atrial septal closure devices, intravascular stents, aortic valve replacements, pulmonic valve replacements as well as mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement devices. As the size and complexity of these endovascular devices increases , the principals note that there likely wil be will the need for non-surgical retrieval techniques for malposition devices. Effective non-surgical retrieval options will further facilitate the expansion of catheter based devices to treat structural heart disease.
