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	'''Mir A. Imran''' (born 1956, [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh\|Hyderabad]], [[India]]), is an ~~[[India]]n~~ medical inventor, [[entrepreneur]] and [[venture capitalist]]. Imran has formed over 20 medical device companies since the early 1980s and holds over 400 patents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pharmexec.com/lessons-innovation-journey\|title=Lessons on the innovation journey\|last=Imran\|first=Mir\|date=June 6, 2018\|website=PharmExec.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> He is known for his role in developing the world's first implantable [[Defibrillation\|cardiac defibrillator]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nae.edu/MediaRoom/20095/164396/165210.aspx\|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 84 Members and 22 Foreign Members\|website=NAE Website\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>		'''Mir A. Imran''' (born 1956, [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh\|Hyderabad]], [[India]]), is an Indian medical inventor, [[entrepreneur]] and [[venture capitalist]]. Imran has formed over 20 medical device companies since the early 1980s and holds over 400 patents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.pharmexec.com/lessons-innovation-journey\|title=Lessons on the innovation journey\|last=Imran\|first=Mir\|date=June 6, 2018\|website=PharmExec.com\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> He is known for his role in developing the world's first implantable [[Defibrillation\|cardiac defibrillator]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nae.edu/MediaRoom/20095/164396/165210.aspx\|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 84 Members and 22 Foreign Members\|website=NAE Website\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

	In 2017, Imran was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for his role in creating the first implantable cardiac defibrillator, and for developing multiple other technologies as inventor and entrepreneur.		In 2017, Imran was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for his role in creating the first implantable cardiac defibrillator, and for developing multiple other technologies as inventor and entrepreneur.
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	==Awards and recognition==		==Awards and recognition==
	2005: Rutgers University Distinguished Engineer Award<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1157389\|title=Mir A. Imran\|website=EETimes\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>		{\| class="wikitable"
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	2009: Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni		!Title
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	2010: Neurotech Reports’ Gold Electrode Award for Most Valuable Financial Professional		\|2005
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	2015: Fellow of the [[National Academy of Inventors]] (US)		\|-
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	2017: Admitted to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] (US)		\|Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni
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	2018: Named as one of the San Francisco Business Time and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Upstart 50<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rani-therapeutics-ceo-mir-imran-selected-for-the-2018-upstart-50-list-300708861.html\|title=Rani Therapeutics' CEO Mir Imran Selected for the 2018 Upstart 50 List\|last=Therapeutics\|first=Rani\|website=www.prnewswire.com\|language=en\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>		\|2010
			\|Neurotech Reports’ Gold Electrode Award for Most Valuable Financial Professional
	2018: MedTech Innovation Catalyst Award, for outstanding and life-saving innovations in the medical field<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.healthcaremindxchange.com/inventor-of-pacemaker-honored-with-2018-medtech-innovation-catalyst-award/2018/\|title=Inventor of Pacemaker Honored with 2018 MedTech Innovation Catalyst Award\|last=Graham\|first=Erin\|date=2018-04-12\|website=Collaborative Innovation in Healthcare\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>		\|-
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			\|Fellow of the [[National Academy of Inventors]] (US)
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			\|Admitted to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] (US)
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			\|Named as one of the San Francisco Business Time and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Upstart 50<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rani-therapeutics-ceo-mir-imran-selected-for-the-2018-upstart-50-list-300708861.html\|title=Rani Therapeutics' CEO Mir Imran Selected for the 2018 Upstart 50 List\|last=Therapeutics\|first=Rani\|website=www.prnewswire.com\|language=en\|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>
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	== References ==		== References ==

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'''Mir A. Imran''' (born 1956, [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], [[India]]), is an [[India]]n medical inventor, [[entrepreneur]] and [[venture capitalist]]. Imran has formed over 20 medical device companies since the early 1980s and holds over 400 patents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pharmexec.com/lessons-innovation-journey|title=Lessons on the innovation journey|last=Imran|first=Mir|date=June 6, 2018|website=PharmExec.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=February 28, 2019}}</ref> He is known for his role in developing the world's first implantable [[Defibrillation|cardiac defibrillator]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nae.edu/MediaRoom/20095/164396/165210.aspx|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 84 Members and 22 Foreign Members|website=NAE Website|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

In 2017, Imran was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for his role in creating the first implantable cardiac defibrillator, and for developing multiple other technologies as inventor and entrepreneur.

== Early life and education ==
Born and raised in Hyderabad, India, the son of a doctor, Imran was a problem-solver from a young age. As a child, he enjoyed taking toys apart to see how they worked, and as a teenager learned how to repair and build [[AM broadcasting|AM radios]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.medgadget.com/2017/07/pill-replace-needles-interview-mir-imran-chairman-ceo-rani-therapeutics.html|title=A Pill to Replace Needles: Interview with Mir Imran, Chairman and CEO of Rani Therapeutics {{!}}|date=2017-07-05|website=Medgadget|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

After attending All Saints High School in Hyderabad, Imran moved to [[New Jersey]] in 1973 to attend [[Rutgers University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.incubelabs.com/news/id_143/title_Healing-The-World-Mir-Imran--The-Self-Made-Entrepreneur/|title=Healing The World: Mir Imran- The Self Made Entrepreneur - News - InCube Labs, LLC.|website=www.incubelabs.com|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> At Rutgers he received a [[bachelor's degree|BS]] in [[electrical engineering]] in 1976, followed by an [[master's degree|MS]] in [[biomedical engineering]]. He then spent three years At Rutgers Medical School before deciding to leave and work on the first [[implantable cardioverter-defibrillator]] with Intec Systems.

Imran attributes his pursuit of innovation to being inspired by an experience he had as a college student: “I had a summer job working at The Matheney School for Cerebral Palsy Children. They needed engineers to develop communication devices for [[Tetraplegia|quadriplegic]] [[cerebral palsy]] children, so I built a machine for one severely afflicted girl. The unit translated her [[facial expression]]s using pre-recorded phrases, allowing her to communicate.”<ref name=":1" />

==Innovation and entrepreneurship==

Imran says that he is motivated by "understanding and trying to solve big problems in medicine."<ref name=":1" /> His interest is to develop medical devices that blur the distinction between organic and synthetic and advance patient treatment.

He joined Intec Systems in 1980 and developed IP key to the development of the automatic implantable defibrillator, a device that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has become a standard of care in [[cardiology]]. Intec Systems was acquired by [[Eli Lilly and Company|Eli Lily]], spun out to form Guidant, and acquired by [[Boston Scientific]] in 2006 for $27.5 billion.

In 1992, Imran invented a cooled RF [[ablation]] [[catheter]] for the treatment of [[Heart arrhythmia|ventricular arrhythmias]]. This invention became the initial product of Cardiac Pathways, and is now widely used by cardiac [[Electrophysiology|electro-physiologists]].

In 1995, he developed a low-pressure balloon and [[Aspirator (medical device)|aspirator]] system for use in catheter-based interventions. Imran was the first to articulate the concept of [[Embolism|embolic]] protection during high-risk interventions, and his device became the primary innovation for Percusurge, which was acquired by Medtronic in December 2000.

In 2017, Imran announced the development of the Rani pill, a novel approach to the oral delivery of large drug molecules which previously have only been deliverable via [[Injection (medicine)|injections]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rani-therapeutics-ceo-mir-imran-selected-for-the-2018-upstart-50-list-300708861.html|title=Rani Therapeutics' CEO Mir Imran Selected for the 2018 Upstart 50 List|last=Therapeutics|first=Rani|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> Imran describes this development as “a mini swallowable auto-injector” that delivers the drug directly into the highly [[Blood vessel|vascular]] [[Gastrointestinal tract|intestine]] wall, allowing the drug to be absorbed quickly into the [[Circulatory system|bloodstream]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Imran’s research interests are wide-ranging and include [[tissue engineering]], [[gastroenterology]], [[nephrology]], [[neurology]], [[Orthopedic surgery|orthopedics]], congestive [[heart failure]] and [[artificial organ]]s.<ref name=":2" />

===InCube Labs===
Imran founded InCube Labs in 1995 after forming eight venture-backed [[medical device]] companies. Imran’s concept was that InCube would function as an [[Applied science|applied research]] institute. Since the formation of InCube Labs, Imran has formed more than 20 [[List of life sciences|life sciences]] companies.<ref name=":3" /> These include Rani Therapeutics, which was established in 2012 after beginning as a research project within InCube Labs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ranitherapeutics.com/our-story/|title=Our Story|website=Rani Therapeutics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

==Venture capital==

Imran is an active [[angel investor]] and a limited partner in several [[Venture capital|venture funds]]. He is the founder and Managing Director of InCube Ventures, a medical device venture fund.

===InCube Ventures===
InCube Ventures is an early stage life science venture capital fund. Imran co-founded InCube Ventures with Andrew Farquharson and Wayne Roe. The fund invests in both InCube Labs’ companies as well as external companies. The fund primarily invests in novel therapies that have the potential to dramatically improve patient care.

==Awards and recognition==
2005: Rutgers University Distinguished Engineer Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1157389|title=Mir A. Imran|website=EETimes|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

2009: Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni

2010: Neurotech Reports’ Gold Electrode Award for Most Valuable Financial Professional

2015: Fellow of the [[National Academy of Inventors]] (US)

2017: Admitted to the [[National Academy of Engineering]] (US)

2018: Named as one of the San Francisco Business Time and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s Upstart 50<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rani-therapeutics-ceo-mir-imran-selected-for-the-2018-upstart-50-list-300708861.html|title=Rani Therapeutics' CEO Mir Imran Selected for the 2018 Upstart 50 List|last=Therapeutics|first=Rani|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

2018: MedTech Innovation Catalyst Award, for outstanding and life-saving innovations in the medical field<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcaremindxchange.com/inventor-of-pacemaker-honored-with-2018-medtech-innovation-catalyst-award/2018/|title=Inventor of Pacemaker Honored with 2018 MedTech Innovation Catalyst Award|last=Graham|first=Erin|date=2018-04-12|website=Collaborative Innovation in Healthcare|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.incubelabs.com/ InCube Labs]
* [http://www.incubevc.com/ InCube Ventures]
* [http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OE1Y5CD3QTGACQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=173403095/ eeTimes Magazine – 7 November 2005 – featuring Mir Imran]
* [http://edcorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=278 Healthy Entrepreneurship in Medical Devices], podcast of Mir Imran speaking at Stanford
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015055543/http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2006fall/gurus.html Stanford Medicine, Fall 2006 – Device Guru’s article featuring Mir Imran]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113143742/http://biomed.utdallas.edu/program-k.html UT Dallas, Engineering in Medicine and Biology – 12 November 2007 – Keynote presentation by Mir Imran.]
*[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=imran%2C+Mir&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT/ Patents with Mir Imran listed as Inventor – USPTO.gov]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/brightideas/4268434/Thomas-Whitfield-The-Oxford-student-who-plans-to-make-baldness-a-thing-of-the-past.html InCube Labs in the Daily Telegraph, UK]

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