308: The New Minimally Invasive Face and Neck Lift Device With Dan Holton
Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™
Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay
4.9 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The nation-wide trending thread lifts might soon be replaced with this newest minimally invasive device used for face and neck lifts, Xact. Well today, we have CEO of Cypris Medical, Dan Holton discussing XACT. XACT is a hand-held surgical suturing device designed to approximate and pass sutures through soft tissue, and intend to provide patients with surgery like results with little to no downtime. XACT has already been approved by the FDA and clinical studies are to initiate mid June to prove their efficacy and safety procedures. If you are nervous to receive a face lift, tune in to today's podcast to hear how XACT might allow you to achieve your desired aesthetic look without undergoing a true surgical procedure.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon. |
| 0:20.2 | And today on the podcast, I'm going to |
| 0:22.4 | teach you about the next generation of facelift and necklift. This is a plastic surgery secret. |
| 0:29.9 | And we're interviewing Dan Holton, who is CEO of Cypress Medical. This is a startup that's going to |
| 0:35.5 | improve outcomes in plastic surgery by commercializing |
| 0:38.7 | and developing the next generation of technology so that you don't have to have a surgical |
| 0:43.4 | facelift. Hopefully it'll be non-invasive. Dan has his MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, |
| 0:48.9 | Northwestern. He's been in the commercial medical field with many global leaders, including Abbott vascular |
| 0:56.1 | devices, Abbott Diagnostic, Kimberly Clark, so many 24 years of health experience. |
| 1:00.7 | And now he is one of the founders of this company called Exact, and they're going to replace |
| 1:06.8 | two of the oldest technologies in surgery, the needle holder and the forceps. |
| 1:11.5 | And those are 100 years old and 70 years old. |
| 1:14.0 | So welcome, Dan. |
| 1:14.9 | We need you. |
| 1:15.9 | Thank you, Dr. Kay. |
| 1:16.7 | I'm excited to be here today. |
| 1:18.7 | So tell us a little bit about exact. |
| 1:21.4 | What is exact technology and what did you do starting Cyprus Medical? |
| 1:26.4 | So we co-founded Cyprus Medical and we were really focused on looking at technologies |
| 1:31.9 | early on that maybe weren't getting the attention of larger companies because they needed |
| 1:36.5 | to be developed further. |
| 1:38.6 | And larger companies sometimes don't make investments in some of the newer technologies |
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