Rolf Karl Richard Nilsson

Arterion AB is a holding company that manufactures biomaterials, including artificial blood vessels, consisting of microbial derived cellulose for revascularization of patients with cardiovascular diseases. It focuses on pure uncoated cellulose grafts as replacement of human vessels, primarily as bypass grafts. Its manufacturing method is based on a novel technology that controls the life conditions of the microbe Gluconacetobacter xylinus. Its use of microbial derived cellulose will allow clinicians to use artificial blood vessels as replacement for vessels with an internal diameter of less than five millimeters. The company was founded on January 4, 2007 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.