The Pitch: Vascular Access Technologies offers safer vein access

THE BUSINESS: Vascular Access Technologies Inc. offers a device and method that it says transforms how central veins are accessed by medical professionals.
BUSINESS/TECHNOLOGY IT COULD DISRUPT: Vascular Access Technologies’ technology replaces the essentially blind “outside-in” method commonly used today.
MANAGEMENT TEAM: CEO Patrick Burt was previously the founder and CEO of Acteron Inc., which was acquired by Flextronics in 2010.