Earlier in his career he was Senior Design and Applications Engineer-Medical Devices for Microfabrica Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of micromachine devices, where he was the technical manager for NIH-funded minimally invasive heart surgery research and co-invented the device published as the first all-micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) medical devices surgical tool. He began his career in the Technical Leadership Program at General Electric, a world leader in the design and manufacture of commercial and military jet engines, leading a team developing the high-pressure engine core for an advanced military prototype.
Dr. Folk holds 10 issued patents with more than a dozen pending. He has coauthored articles published in the peer-reviewed journals Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, International Journal of Robotics Research, Rapid Prototyping Journal and Journal of American College of Cardiology.
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Dr. Folk holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an MS in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Cincinnati and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.
About Ra Medical Systems
Ra Medical Systems commercializes excimer lasers and catheters for the treatment of vascular and dermatological diseases. In May 2017, the DABRA laser system and single-use DABRA catheter received FDA 510(k) clearance in the U.S. as a device for crossing chronic total occlusions, or CTOs, in patients with symptomatic infrainguinal lower extremity vascular disease with an intended use for ablating a channel in occlusive peripheral vascular disease. Pharos excimer laser system is FDA-cleared and is used as a tool in the treatment of psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis, and leukoderma. DABRA and Pharos are both based on Ra Medical’s core excimer laser technology platform and deploy similar mechanisms of action. Ra Medical manufactures DABRA and Pharos excimer lasers and catheters in a 32,000-square-foot facility located in Carlsbad, Calif. The vertically integrated facility is ISO 13485 certified and is licensed by the state of California to manufacture sterile, single-use catheters in controlled environments.
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