About us

OctoVascular is led by a seasoned executive and non-executive team with over 50 years of combined experience in the cardiovascular device industry. Our team includes MedTech entrepreneurs and industry veterans dedicated to our mission of transforming cardiac surgery by eliminating the need for invasive open surgical techniques.

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Connecting the dots

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Because we can

Recognizing the persistence of an unmet medical need, and given our experience, knowledge, and skills at hand we feel a strong responsibility to advance the field of heart surgery by providing surgeons with reliable, minimally invasive procedures.

We are committed

We are committed to provide heart surgeons with an alternative, reliable, and better solution for bypass graft connections: SMART yet SIMPLE.

50+ years of MedTech mastery
all in one team!

Executive team

Mark Vrancken Peeters
MD, PhD, MBI
CEO
Willem Suyker
MD, PhD
CMO
Paul Suyker
MSc, MBA
CTO

Supervisory board

Sjaak Deckers
MSc, PhD
Chair Supervisory Board
Arie-Pieter Kappetein
MD, PhD
Supervisory Board Member

Medical advisory board

Dr. Monica Gianoli
MD
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Prof. Husam Balkhy
MD
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Prof. Bob Kiaii
MD
Cardiothoracic surgeon

Scientific advisory board

Prof. Paul Grundeman
MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor

Partners