About Us
Casper Petersen, MD
Jim Bixby, MSEE, M. Eng.
Jim Bixby, MSEE, M. Eng.
CEO
Inventor and co-founder
Dr. Petersen has a Medical Degree from University of Copenhagen and has worked in Cardiology and Emergency Medicine. He has vast experience in the private medical business and has extensive research experience in blood pressure and fluid regulation, intracranial pressure regulation and has studied the effects of Lower Body Negative Pressure on all of the above.
Jim Bixby, MSEE, M. Eng.
Jim Bixby, MSEE, M. Eng.
Jim Bixby, MSEE, M. Eng.
President of the Board of Directors
Degree from MIT. Former Founder/CEO/Chairman of Brooktree Inc (BTRE), a pioneer in mixed-signal CMOS semiconductor products. Took the company public and subsequently sold for $260M. Founder/CEO/Chairman SeQual Technologies, marketing novel home oxygen concentrators to the home medical market. Sold to Cha
President of the Board of Directors
Degree from MIT. Former Founder/CEO/Chairman of Brooktree Inc (BTRE), a pioneer in mixed-signal CMOS semiconductor products. Took the company public and subsequently sold for $260M. Founder/CEO/Chairman SeQual Technologies, marketing novel home oxygen concentrators to the home medical market. Sold to Chart Industries. Past member of a number of Boards of Directors of public and private companies, and mentor/advisor to USCD startup teams. Holds a number of patents.
Lonnie Petersen, MD, PhD
Micheal Collins, MSBME, MBA
Micheal Collins, MSBME, MBA
CTO
Inventor and Founder
Assistant Professor at AeroAstro and core faculty at IMES, MIT
Primary Investigator with a decade of research and clinical experience in managing patients with elevated intracranial pressure.
Most recently won the Arnold D. Tuttle Award for her significant work on countermeasures in human spaceflight. Dr. Petersen ha
CTO
Inventor and Founder
Assistant Professor at AeroAstro and core faculty at IMES, MIT
Primary Investigator with a decade of research and clinical experience in managing patients with elevated intracranial pressure.
Most recently won the Arnold D. Tuttle Award for her significant work on countermeasures in human spaceflight. Dr. Petersen has received several NASA-grants to continually explore and develop countermeasures to some of the most pressing problems currently facing human space exploration and manned missions to Mars which relates to regulation of the intracerebral pressure and is holder of several pending patents.
Dr Petersen is an M.D. from the University of Copenhagen, and has a Ph.D. in Gravitational Physiology and Space Medicine.
Micheal Collins, MSBME, MBA
Micheal Collins, MSBME, MBA
Micheal Collins, MSBME, MBA
Board member
Mr. Collins is a medical device executive with experience in all phases of medical innovation from idea to production. Generously shares with us from his experience and advises on business development and strategy.
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