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Vahid Saadat
Vahid Saadat is a serial medical device entrepreneur and co-founder and co-CEO of Inquis Medical, a Menlo Park, California company building the AVENTUS Thrombectomy System for treating venous thromboembolic disease and pulmonary embolism. With more than 25 years in medtech and over 200 issued and pending patents, he has founded or led a string of companies including Voyage Medical, USGI Medical, AngioTrax, Baxano and Arrinex (maker of ClariFix, later acquired by Stryker). He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and runs Inquis alongside co-CEO Mojgan Saadat.
Ehud Bendory
Ehud Bendory is the CEO and co-founder of 3NT Medical, a Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel company building sterile, single-use endoscopes for ear, nose, and throat specialists. An electrical engineer with an MBA and a former IDF Unit 8200 intelligence officer, he has spent roughly two decades in the Israeli medical device industry, and now leads a team whose Colibri and Peregrine scopes have earned FDA 510(k) clearance and CE marking. He co-founded the company with his brother Eran and has raised tens of millions in venture funding, including a round led by Japan's HOYA Corporation.