A quick, simple test in the operating room, so leaky valves can be fixed before the heart is restarted.
TightValve is a start-up from the ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research (University of Bern), and we are developing a novel device for measuring aortic valve leakage during surgery. It will give surgeons a clear answer to the question of whether the valve is tight while there is still time to correct it, before the heart is restarted and the patient is disconnected from cardiopulmonary bypass.
February 2026
On 27 February 2026, TightValve was awarded the InnoBooster of the Gebert Rüf Stiftung (GRS), a grant that runs from April 2026 to March 2027. This support is an important step in our mission to bring our device to the operating room and to help surgeons give their patients the best possible care.
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August & October 2025
In August 2025 (Stage 1) and October 2025 (Stage 2), we won the first two stages of the start-up competition Venture Kick, organised by the charitable Kick Foundation, supported by a private consortium and operated by Venturelab.
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August 2025
The newspaper Hauptstadt.be has written about Pascal Buchs and TightValve’s difficult journey after Pascal’s tragic accident on 27 December 2024.
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January 2025
In light of the tragic accident on 27 December 2024, we have written some words that we would like to share with you. 🤍🕊️
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August 2024
In August 2024, we received a one-year grant from the BRIDGE Proof of Concept programme. This marked the beginning of the development of our project. The goal is to validate our device in the first patients.
About BRIDGEJune 2024
In June 2024, we won the start-up competition Stage-Up, organised by the Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Bern.
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