Healionics products

Healionics’ proprietary STAR (Sphere Templated Angiogenic Regeneration) biomaterial scaffold is a breakthrough in biointegration and tissue regeneration. It is the result of a sustained effort to discover the “sweet spot” – the exact pore size and structure that enables angiogenesis and healing while reducing Foreign Body Response. In contrast to many porous biomaterials that are “found” materials originally designed for other uses, STAR has been specifically engineered to enhance biointegration and promote healing.

All implanted devices – including prosthetics, ophthalmic, surgical products, sensors, therapeutics delivery, stimulators, percutaneous devices, vascular – share two common problems: The body reacts to the implant and scars the surrounding tissue, causing medical issues, damaging the device and/or degrading its function. Infection is common, hard to control, and expensive to treat.

Healionics is commercializing a synthetic vascular graft (STARgraft) with superior patency (ability to maintain blood flow), based on our platform STAR biomaterial technology.  The graft will initially address the urgent need for improved vascular access for hemodialysis patients, with subsequent applications to peripheral artery disease, vascular trauma, and potentially coronary artery bypass. We are also developing a device to enable needle-free hemodialysis (STARport).