Medrock
Medical device to relieve pain and extend the time to hip replacement for osteoarthritis of the hip patients. No FDA hurdle. Product launched.
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Medical Devices and Equipment
- Location Portland, OR, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded September 2009
- Employees 6
- Website medrock.com
Company Summary
Company develops and markets medical devices for the physical therapy (PT) market. First launched product is HipTrac, a Class I Device needing no further FDA approval and targeted at hip osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Hip OA is common and afflicts ca. 15-24 million people, 1/4 over 60. HipTrac relieves pain and delays surgery and is used by the patient at home as an adjunct to PT.
Team
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Duffy DuFresneCEO
Duffy has over 30 years of experience in biopharma and medical device industries.
* Baxter Labs, general management responsibilities, US and International.
* Managing Director of Canadian sub of a Drug Co.
* President or CEO of five medical device or biotech firms.
* Raised ~$200 million in equity for those firms. Two IPO's.
* Negotiated many licensing and M&A transactions.
* New product dev and market launches experience.
* Harvard -
Tony RocklinFounder, CSO
Dr. Rocklin founded Medrock.
* A licensed physical therapist with 15 years of experience in sports medicine and orthopedic rehabilitation.
* A Partner in Therapeutic Associates, a network of ~75 PT-owned clinics across OR, WA, ID and CA.
* Pacific University, MS, Physical Therapy (1998) and Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy (2008).
Advanced education and certification in orthopedic manual and manipulative therapy. -
Michael TippieVP, Business Development
Michael has more than 25 years of life science experience.
* Roles in five early stage life science firms as Director of Sales, VP, Bus. Dev, CFO, President, CEO.
* Life science venture roles (Norwest Venture Capital, Medical Innovation Partners).
* Negotiated many licenses and strategic alliances.
* 2 IPO's. Many financings.
* MIT/Sloan School of Management, MBA, MS, Chemistry, Univ of WA.
Advisors
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Joel Kaplan, Oregon Law Group Beaverton, ORLawyerUnconfirmedJohn KonsinBoard MemberUnconfirmed
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