Rochester startup given a greenlight by FDA to start selling its medical device

Apr. 3 — ROCHESTER — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given a greenlight to a young Rochester startup Pneumeric to start selling its medical device typically for use in emergency medical situations. “We’ve made extraordinary headway in the past year and some change. Hopefully, we maintain that progress in the next year moving forward, but the outlook is bright,” said CEO and co-founder Dr. John Aho. Pneumeric, led by Aho and co-founder Sasha Gentling, makes a small tube-like device to help medical teams know if the treatment for pneumothorax, a condition that happens when a patient’s lung collapses…