Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> April 26, 1999

Daniel G. Holman – Uroplasty Inc (urop)

DANIEL G. HOLMAN is Chairman, President & CEO of Uroplasty, Inc. Prior to joining the company Mr. Holman was Chairman & CEO at Bio-Vascular, Inc. He was educated at the University of Minnesota-St. Cloud, receiving a BA in Biology in 1968. Mr. Holman's honors and awards include University of Minnesota - St. Cloud Vice President, National Academy of Science, 1965; American Legion Certificate of Commendation, 1975; Institute de Intellegencia, Athens, Greece, Award for Service to the People of Greece, 1977 and State of Minnesota Governor's Award for Business Achievement, 1989. His current associations and affiliations include: American Association of Medical Manufacturers; American Association for the Advancement of Science and New York Academy of Science. Among the patents issued to Mr. Holman are: U.S. Patent #4,240,794: performing vascular grafts; U. S. Patent #4,239,492: preparing vascular grafts for implantation; U.S. Patent #4,422,759: Photographic Accessory: U.S. Patent #4,456,589: Preparation of Animal Tissues for Surgical Implantation in Human Recipients; U.S. Paten #D262,265: Handpan; U.S. Patent #4,780,168: Wound closure strips; U.S. Patent #4,915,113: Method for monitoring patency of vascular grafts; U.S. Patent #4,950,282: Wound closure strips and U.S. Patent #4,950,699: Wound dressing incorporating collagen in adhesive layer. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of Uroplasty, your history, products,

customers, those kinds of things?

Mr. Holman: Uroplasty was incorporated in 1992 as a urological medical

device