NANOVATION PARTNERS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chairman
• Co - Founder
• Investor
• Co - Founder, Chairman and Investor / Chairman, Nanovation Partners, LLC ( Current ) Chairman and CEO, Kinamed Inc. ( Current )

Cylde Pratt, J.D. began his career in orthopaedics with Richards Manufacturing Company in the 1973. He assumed full responsibility for the manufacture of all of Richard's reconstructive products prior to the Company being acquired by Smith and Nephew.

In 1981 he formed Techmedica Inc. which was dedicated to producing patient specific implants for all areas of the muscoskeletal system. The Company was first in world to produce implant devices custom formed to match patient anatomy using CT image data sets and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. The Company was acquired by Sulzer Brothers AG in 1987. In the early nineties he consulted with a number of organizations including Sisters of Mercy, Midwest and a number of small orthopaedic companies. He and a small group of investors purchased Kinamed Inc. from Kyocera Corporation in late 1993. Subsequently the Company developed its product line(s) of highly differentiated, proprietary implants for a variety of orthopaedic and neurosurgery applications. Currently it offers its products in more than 38 countries throughout the World. In 2007 he met Dr. Jin and was introduced to the research that his lab had undertaken in the area of designed biological interfaces for in-vivo and in-vitro applications.

Job Titles:

• CEO
• President

Dan Justin has over twenty-five years of experience in medical implant development and commercialization. Prior to joining Nanovation Partners, Dan was Entrepreneur in Residence at the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research where he helped turn Florida-based research into start-up companies. He served as the CTO at IMDS (acquired by CoorsTek Medical), where he played an instrumental role in driving the formation and expansion of the Co-Innovation TM team, developing and launching over 100 new medical device products worldwide for over 12 years. Dan co-founded JustWin Medical whose arthroscopic knee technology was acquired by Innovasive Devices, then J&J DePuy Mitek, where he was an Engineering Manager. He also co-founded Orthodyne, whose internal bone lengthening technology was acquired by Orthofix. He is a registered U.S. Patent Agent and inventor on over 130 granted U.S. patents in the areas of additive manufacturing, advanced materials, orthopedics, arthroscopy, spine, neurology, surgical instrumentation, and other medical procedures. He holds a B.S.E. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida.

Job Titles:

• Senior Scientific Advisor
• Senior Scientific Advisor / Member, US National Academy of Engineering

Sungho Jin, PhD is the original co-inventor of nanotube arrays designed as surface treatments for medical implants. He is a world-renowned researcher in the field of functional materials used in applications ranging from magnetic devices and electronic devices to optical telecommunications networks. Dr. Jin is involved in R&D of micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) devices and materials; exploratory bio-materials and devices; carbon nanotube materials on which future nano-scale devices can be based; and sensor/actuator devices and technologies. He has also been a pioneer in the development of high-temperature superconductor materials, colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials, diamond film thinning techniques, anisotropic conductive polymers, and new, environmentally safe, lead-free solders that he has championed since the early 1990s. He also invented magnet sensor materials now widely used in anti-theft security tags in retail stores. With over 200 patents to his name, Dr. Jin can discuss intellectual property issues and is developing a course on inventions and patents. Prior to his recent retirement, he was Distinguished Professor of Materials Science in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCSD and held Iwama Endowed Chair. He also served as the Director of the university-wide Materials Science & Engineering Program at UCSD for the past 13 years. He joined Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill, New Jersey in 1976 as Member of Technical Staff and later became Technical Manager to carry out forefront materials/devices research for 26 years Dr. Jin's scientific accomplishments have been recognized with many awards and honors, including an election to the US National Academy of Engineering (1999), Fellow of American Physical Society (2003), Fellow of American Society for Metals (1994), TMS Fellow (2000), and inaugural MRS Fellow (2008). He received various awards including the John Bardeen Award (2007), Nano 50 Award (2005), the Albert-Sauveur Achievement Award (2009), the CRS Jorge Heller JCR Award (2012), the TMS Functional Materials Division Distinguished Service Award (2015), and the TMS Acta Materialia Gold Medal (2016). He also received the Ho-Am Engineering Prize from Ho-Am Foundation in Korea in 2000 (the most prominent honor in Korea in science and technology). Dr. Jin also contributed to the profession by serving as Principal Editor of Journal of Materials Research (1998 - 2005), as Editor of Acta Materialia (2007-present), as Guest Editors for three JOM Special Topics Series in 1997-1998 on various functional materials, and as Editor for Electronic Packaging, New Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology (1999). Business Week magazine selected him as one of the Top Ten Innovative Scientists in the country (1989). He earned his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering in 1974 from UC Berkeley. The pioneering and leadership nature of his work is evident by his publications (400+ including 10 in Nature or Science), Science Citation Index (17,000+), US Patents (250+ issued or pending), and invited or keynote talks (140+) at major professional societies.

Job Titles:

• Partner
• President of Kinamed Incorporated

Vineet K. Sarin, Ph.D., is the President of Kinamed Incorporated, a successful medical device company based in Southern California that designs, manufactures, markets and distributes implantables & instruments for use in orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery. Dr. Sarin previously served in various other roles at Kinamed, including Chief Operating Officer, Director of Research & Development, and Manager of Knee Systems. He holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical and mechanical engineering from Duke University, a master's degree in biomechanical engineering from Stanford University, a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, and an executive education certificate from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. Dr. Sarin has worked in the medical device industry for over 15 years, has authored over 50 scientific papers and abstracts, and holds several US and International patents in the field of orthopaedic surgery.