Business Wire06.16.21
DiFusion Technologies, maker of the ZFUZE suite of surgical polymers, has added Todd Potokar to its Board of Directors. In addition, Rich Grant has been appointed board chairman.
“We are extremely excited to have Rich and Todd in these important roles as they each bring over 30 years of orthopedic sales and transactional experience to our board. Their input going forward will be critical to our next phase of growth,” said Derrick Johns, DiFusion founder and CEO.
Grant was the president, CEO and co-founder of Breakaway Imaging. Breakaway developed new imaging technology—the O-arm—that incorporated 2-D (fluoroscopy) and 3-D (CT) imaging in a mobile platform optimized for orthopedic and spine surgery. In June 2007, Breakaway was sold to Medtronic plc.
Grant is currently involved in several medical device initiatives mainly with early-stage spine and orthopedics companies. In addition to DiFusion, he is on the Board of Directors of FastForm Medical (an Irish company focused on orthopedic bracing), SpinalSimplicity (spine implants), OnPoint Surgical (AR for spine/ortho surgery) and is a consultant to other companies in the orthopedic and medical imaging areas. In the past, he has been on the board of Excelsius Surgical (spinal robotics, sold to Globus Medical Inc.), Nocimed (MR spectrospcopy, partnering with NuVasive Inc.), Trak Surgical (surgical navigation for TKR), Angstrom Medica (sold to Pioneer Surgical) and TheraCell (developer of orthopedic biomaterials).
“I’ve been on DiFusion’s board for four and a half years and I welcome the opportunity to expand my role as chairman. I believe in the company’s vision—to disrupt the status quo and offer better implants for our surgeon customers and the patients they serve,” said Grant.
Potokar has more than 30 years experience in the medical device space serving as CEO and in other executive leadership roles as well as as an investor, advisor and consultant for publicly traded companies and early-stage start-ups. Dedicated and focused on improving patient outcomes, his extensive premarket-approval (PMA) and commercial experience added to shareholder value and exits while at US Surgical (acquired by Tyco), Surgical Dynamics (acquired by Stryker Corp.), Link Spine Group (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and Titan Spine (acquired by Medtronic).
“We are extremely excited to have Rich and Todd in these important roles as they each bring over 30 years of orthopedic sales and transactional experience to our board. Their input going forward will be critical to our next phase of growth,” said Derrick Johns, DiFusion founder and CEO.
Grant was the president, CEO and co-founder of Breakaway Imaging. Breakaway developed new imaging technology—the O-arm—that incorporated 2-D (fluoroscopy) and 3-D (CT) imaging in a mobile platform optimized for orthopedic and spine surgery. In June 2007, Breakaway was sold to Medtronic plc.
Grant is currently involved in several medical device initiatives mainly with early-stage spine and orthopedics companies. In addition to DiFusion, he is on the Board of Directors of FastForm Medical (an Irish company focused on orthopedic bracing), SpinalSimplicity (spine implants), OnPoint Surgical (AR for spine/ortho surgery) and is a consultant to other companies in the orthopedic and medical imaging areas. In the past, he has been on the board of Excelsius Surgical (spinal robotics, sold to Globus Medical Inc.), Nocimed (MR spectrospcopy, partnering with NuVasive Inc.), Trak Surgical (surgical navigation for TKR), Angstrom Medica (sold to Pioneer Surgical) and TheraCell (developer of orthopedic biomaterials).
“I’ve been on DiFusion’s board for four and a half years and I welcome the opportunity to expand my role as chairman. I believe in the company’s vision—to disrupt the status quo and offer better implants for our surgeon customers and the patients they serve,” said Grant.
Potokar has more than 30 years experience in the medical device space serving as CEO and in other executive leadership roles as well as as an investor, advisor and consultant for publicly traded companies and early-stage start-ups. Dedicated and focused on improving patient outcomes, his extensive premarket-approval (PMA) and commercial experience added to shareholder value and exits while at US Surgical (acquired by Tyco), Surgical Dynamics (acquired by Stryker Corp.), Link Spine Group (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and Titan Spine (acquired by Medtronic).