Throughout history, dogs have been silent pioneers of human discovery, from the first heart surgeries in the 1940s, to the early space missions, to today’s breakthroughs in genetics and neuroscience.

We remember Laika, Belka, Strelka, Pavlov’s dogs, and the countless unnamed animals who shaped our understanding of physiology, behavior, and the human heart itself.

At Tangible Vet Tech, we believe the next era of science belongs to them. Our mission is to transform the legacy of animal research into a new paradigm of animal healing, one where dogs are no longer the subjects of experimentation, but the beneficiaries of innovation.

Named in honor of Belka, one of the first dogs to return safely from space, The Belka Series represents a new era of compassionate science, where technology that once depended on dogs now exists to save them.

Our mitral repair system is built on advanced computation, fabrication, and material technologies to restore healthy valve function in small-breed dogs.

From orbit to operating room, Belka’s legacy lives on in every heartbeat we help restore.

A gentler alternative to open-heart surgery

Instead of opening the chest, our approach repairs the valve through a catheter, a tiny tube inserted into a vein.

This means:

• no opening of the chest

• shorter recovery

• less risk

• more dogs eligible for treatment

• potentially far lower cost than open-heart surgery

This approach, called TEER - Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair, has transformed heart repair in human medicine for almost 20 years. We are adapting and improving it specifically for canine hearts.