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A close-up view of the Ariste Medical polypropylene hernia mesh antibiotic coating [Image courtesy of Ariste Medical]It’s been more than a decade since Lisa Jennings launched not one but two companies in the Great Recession.

In 2020, she sold CirQuest Labs to MLM Medical Labs, where Jennings serves as chief scientific officer and managing director of U.S. operations.

More recently, her pre-commercial medtech development startup, Ariste Medical, won FDA 510(k) approval for its antibiotic-coated hernia mesh in March.

You can expect more to come from that technology, Jennings told Medical Design & Outsourcing in an interview covering future applications, the drug-device development process and what she’s learned through it all.

“We hope this encourages thinking about more ways of mitigating complications with implantable devices,” Jennings said. “There are so many possibilities out there, new drugs being developed all the time. It’s really exciting …

Ariste Medical’s polypropylene hernia mesh [Image courtesy of Ariste Medical]Ariste Medical recently won FDA 510(k) clearance for its drug-embedded, polypropylene hernia mesh to fight microbial colonization.

The Salt Lake City-based drug-device developer said the patents and proprietary formulations behind the technology could prevent infection, inflammation or clotting associated with implants.

Ariste’s synthetic mesh carries two antibiotics — minocycline and rifampin — to prevent contamination by MRSA, E. coli and other bacterial pathogens associated with surgical site infections. The proprietary formulation can be applied to a variety of medical devices and incorporate any drug to address infection, restenosis, thrombosis and inflammation, the company said.

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