# Sungwoo Min

> Sungwoo Min is the founder and CEO of Nventric, Inc., an Arcadia, California medical device company that designs, develops, and contract-manufactures vascular devices for the neurovascular, electrophysiology, and coronary markets. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer who cut his teeth on R&D and marketing at Abbott Vascular and later led R&D programs at Johnson & Johnson, he started Nventric in 2019 to build the kind of life-saving catheters, stents, and thrombectomy systems he used to ship at the giants - this time end to end, ISO 13485 certified, with operations in the US and South Korea. He is a named inventor on multiple US patents for mechanical thrombectomy devices.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Nventric, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Nventric, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Vascular, Stanford University
- **Nationality:** American (Korean heritage)
- **Education:** M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Founded Nventric, Inc. in 2019 and grew it to a ~30-person medical device design and contract manufacturing firm, Built ISO 13485 certified end-to-end operations spanning the United States and South Korea, Named inventor on multiple US patents for mechanical thrombectomy devices (e.g., US 11197684, US 11478262, US 12114880)

## Career timeline

- **2004-2006** — Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University; earns M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
- **2006-2009** — R&D Engineer, Abbott Vascular
- **2009-2011** — Senior R&D Engineer, Abbott Vascular
- **2011-2012** — Group Lead, R&D, Abbott Vascular
- **2012-2013** — Global Product Manager, Marketing, Abbott Vascular
- **2014-2018** — Program Director, Research & Development, Johnson & Johnson
- **2019** — Founds Nventric, Inc. in Arcadia, California; becomes CEO
- **2024** — Nventric reported raising Series B financing (~$12.16M total funding)

## Achievements

- Founded Nventric, Inc. in 2019 and grew it to a ~30-person medical device design and contract manufacturing firm
- Built ISO 13485 certified end-to-end operations spanning the United States and South Korea
- Named inventor on multiple US patents for mechanical thrombectomy devices (e.g., US 11197684, US 11478262, US 12114880)
- Led R&D programs at Johnson & Johnson and held R&D and global marketing roles at Abbott Vascular

## Latest updates

- **2024-02** — Nventric reported Series B financing with total funding around $12.16M.
- **2025-11** — Active in medtech industry events including MEDICA 2025 (Dusseldorf).

## Links

- Website: https://nventric.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sungwoo-min-7525199/

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