About Medi-Solve
Medi-Solve is associated with the Cambridge Polymer Group (CPG) and Boston Biomedical Associates, a Quality and Regulatory consulting group.

We are a highly motivated, experienced team of scientists, regulatory affairs consultants and physician advisors with over 20 years of experience in orthopedics and medical device manufacturing.  Our principles have played leading roles in product development and manufacturing for Fortune 500 medical companies, and have affiliations with leading university researchers.  We have a successful track record of working with companies in a non-disruptive way to provide root cause analysis, manufacturing improvements, develop testing methods, and submit FDA documents.  Our scientists have lectured at the FDA on biomedical recalls.

We collaborate with the client's personnel to provide analysis of pre- and post-product launch manufacturing issues quickly, without disrupting the R&D engineering staff or slowing down existing projects.

All work is performed in a GLP laboratory.
 

  About the Founder

Ron Sahatjian is VP of the Strategic Technology Programs at Boston Scientific Corporation. 

In 1991 he started the Corporate Technology division.  This became the Corporate R&D center for the company.  During that time he started the company’s drug delivery program with the invention of the hydrogel coated drug eluting balloon and porous drug delivery Channel™ balloon. 

In 1998 he started Boston Scientific's Less Invasive Neurosurgery R&D group.  This group is credited with numerous product launches and primary IP positions in aneurysmal and stroke therapies. 

In 2000 he was awarded the first John Abele Science and Technology Award for research or discovery of an enabling technology that has become a platform for significant future commercial impact for Boston Scientific.  One example of this is the BSC Peripheral Vascular balloon catheter product line, starting with the development and launch of the Ultrathin™ balloon.

In 2005 he founded Medi-Solve Associates, an association of scientists from surface coatings, extrusion, molding and polymer chemistry.

He has numerous publications and over 50 patents in medical devices, primarily in balloon materials and drug delivery systems.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
     - BEMA (Biomedical Engineering Materials and Application), Roundtable
     - AdvaMed, Chair of the Biomaterials Working Group
     - BSC Federal Affairs group, Point Person for Biomaterials Legislation
     - AIMBE (American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering), Chair, Industry
       Council

  Patents
     
60 6,890,339 Stent lining
59 6,887,270 Implantable or insertable medical device resistant to microbial growth and biofilm formation
58 6,866,649 Dilatation catheter balloon made from pen based homopolymer or random copolymer
57 6,830,575 Method and device for providing full protection to a stent
56 6,776,945 Medical device with extruded member having helical orientation
55 6,663,594 Immobilizing objects in the body
54 6,629,947 Systems and methods for delivering flowable substances for use as implants and surgical sealants
53 6,589,199 System for implanting a cross-linked polysaccharide fiber and methods of forming and inserting the fiber
52

6,585,688

Dilatation catheter balloon made from PEN based homopolymer or random copolymer 
51

6,565,530

Immobilizing objects in the body
50

6,544,227

Immobilizing objects in the body
49

6,524,274

Triggered release hydrogel drug delivery system
48

6,413,203

Method and apparatus for positioning radioactive fluids within a body lumen
47

6,409,716

Drug delivery
46

6,364,893

Stent lining

45

6,358,227

Dilatation catheter balloon made from pen based homopolymer or random copolymer
44

6,258,055

System for implanting a cross-linked polysaccharide fiber and methods of forming and inserting the fiber
43

6,139,520

System for implanting a cross-linked polysaccharide fiber and methods of forming and inserting the fiber
42

6,086,556

Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers
41

6,010,480

Balloon catheter
40

5,954,706

Drug delivery
39

5,928,247

Stent placement device with medication dispenser and method
38

5,919,145

Bodily sample collection balloon catheter
37

5,843,089

Stent lining
36

5,797,877

Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers
35

5,755,722

Stent placement device with medication dispenser and method
34

5,746,745

Balloon catheter
33

5,693,014

Balloon catheter
32

5,674,192

Drug delivery
31

5,599,298

Bodily sample collection balloon catheter method
30

5,588,962

Drug treatment of diseased sites deep within the body
29

5,533,516

Sample collection
28

5,509,899

Medical device with lubricious coating
27

5,409,012

Sample collection using catheter with expandable member
26

5,368,591

Heated balloon catheters
25

5,306,246

Balloon for medical catheter
24

5,304,121

Drug delivery system making use of a hydrogel polymer coating
23

5,242,462

Percutaneous anti-migration vena cava filter
22

5,238,004

High elongation linear elastic guidewire
21

5,191,883

Device for heating tissue in a patient's body
20

5,135,516

Lubricious antithrombogenic catheters, guidewires and coatings
19

5,059,205

Percutaneous anti-migration vena cava filter
18

4,955,377

Device and method for heating tissue in a patient's body
17

4,943,473

Flexible laminated fluropolymer-containing composites
16

4,909,510

Sports racquet netting
15

4,597,891

Liquid crystal compositions and devices and novel compounds
14

4,525,413

Optical device including birefringent polymer
13

4,521,588

Optical device including birefringent polyhydrazide polymer
12

4,520,189

Optical device including birefringent aromatic amino carboxylic acid polymer
11

4,461,888

Substituted birefringent polyhydrazide
10

4,461,887

Birefingent polymer containing recurring units from dienoic acid
9

4,461,886

Substituted birefringent polyamide
8

4,446,305

Optical device including birefringent polymer
7

4,418,139

Film units containing thermally induced water-releasing benzotriazole complex
6

4,415,648

Variable density photographic transparencies
5

4,393,196

Polymers containing recurring units from dienoic acid
4

4,384,107

Polyamide comprising substituted biphenylene or substituted stilbene radicals
3

4,359,397

Benzotriazole complexes and film units employing same
2

4,203,766

Photographic products comprising dye developers and N-oxides
1

4,071,366

Polymeric quaternary dye image receiving layers with overcoat

 

  Most Recent Publication

“A Novel Approach to MRI Visibility of Catheters in Real Time Studies,” published in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2003.