Company History

• • • 2021

      

      Current Team

• • • 2019

      

      ViVitro acquires ProtomedLabs SASU

• • • 2016

      

      Endovascular Simulator

• • • 2015

      

      Larry and David view the ViVitro Museum with Gerry Wight, GM.

• • • 2014

      

      Fortis Hitech Ltd. is signed as China Distributor.

• • • 2013

      

      Real Time Wear Tester is introduced.

• • • 2012

      

      ViVitro Labs testing services earn ISO 17025 accreditation for Durability Testing, Pulsatile-Flow Testing, for Steady Flow Testing for Haemolytic and Thrombogenic properties of Device Design.

• • • 2011

      Pulse Duplicator, SuperPump and HiCycle Advanced Research (AR) Series introduced migrating system from analog to digital. Lower voltage controller improves safety.

      

      Pulse Duplicator AR

      

      SuperPump AR

      

      HiCycle

• • • 2010

      

      ViViTest upgrade: i/o module is created replacing the VIVIBOX connector Box PC.

• • • 2009

      

      

      ViVitro products and assets are acquired by
      StarFish Medical

• • • 2007

      

      StarFish Medical begins manufacturing some products for ViVitro Systems.

• • • 1998

      

      ViVitro Systems Inc. at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1998

• • • 1983

      

      First Presentation describing the SuperPump at AAMI meeting in Dallas, Texas: Larry Scotten.

• • • 1982

      

      First SuperPump

• • • 1981

      

      Bubble shaped leaflets made from bovine pericardium.

      

• • • 1979

      

      David Walker and Larry Scotten demonstrate CDL Valve Research at Robson St Media Center, Vancouver, Canada.

• • • 1976

      

      First Pulse Duplicator is built to support research.

• • • 1975

      

      The CDL at Royal Jubilee Hospital (Dietrich Kemna and Larry Scotten).

• 1974

  

  Vivitro Systems Inc.

  

  Founded by Larry Scotten, Dipl. T. and David Walker, Ph.D. at the Royal Jubilee Hospital Cardiac Development Laboratory (CDL), ViVitro Systems conducts valve research.