Sahagian , 46 , has more than 20 years of experience in medical device development and production . He will be responsible for production of the Valecor Platinum ( TM ) Coronary Stent ( a platinum surface-modified stent ) , as well as manage the research and development of advanced surface modification technologies . Prior to joining CorNova ( R ) , Sahagian founded the medical device division at Implant Sciences Corp. He earned his B.S. from the University of Lowell .