Host Terry Coutsolioutsos of the Zero Friction Podcast sits down with Tim Blair, Founder and CEO of iCHOR Vascular, to unpack why hospitals have gone deliberately anti-rep – and how his team built a rep-light thrombectomy device around a 60-year-old Fogarty balloon design that still outperforms modern tools.
Watch the full podcast below.
Topics Covered:
- The Deliberate Anti-Rep Movement Inside Hospitals
- Why the 60-Year-Old Fogarty Balloon Still Wins on Vessel Integrity?
- How iCHOR Vascular Was Born From a Napkin Idea? Simplifying Thrombectomy: Sheath and Wire Access as the Non-Negotiable
- Lower Extremity Arterial, Venous, and Dialysis: Where the Unmet Need Lives
- The First and Second Valley of Death in Medical Device Funding
- Designing for Reimbursement From Day One, Not as an Afterthought
- Why Physician Champions Aren’t Enough Anymore in Value Analysis Committees
- Building a Rep-Light, Apple-Like Device Experience
- Tim’s Advice to His Younger Self: Find Your Passion First
