Doug Vincent

In 2000, Doug co-founded what is now VentriFlo Inc., as the President and CEO as well as Technical Lead. Additionally, Doug leads Design Mentor Inc., an engineering consultancy specializing in the development of medical devices. Design Mentor has worked on the development of over 35 diverse medical components and systems including numerous blood and blood handling disposables and instruments.

In 2001, Doug began working on his own proprietary pumping technology using a suspended magnet linear motor (similar to a speaker) coupled to a high-performance, flexible diaphragm. This effort grew into the VentriFlo® True Pulse Pump and VentriFlo Inc. Doug is dedicated to the ongoing development and commercialization of this groundbreaking product.

Prior to founding Design Mentor, Doug worked as an engineer and developer of medical products. Projects have included many pump based products such as dialysis machines (Baxter HomeChoice), Aphaeresis Systems (Fenwal ALYX), transportable Cardiac Assist systems (ABIOMED BVS 5000t) and Hystroscopic Surgical systems (Olympus ACMI Dolphin II). For the past 20 years, almost all programs that Doug has led or participated in have involved the pumping of blood.

Doug has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He shares seventeen patents.