Project Sparthan
More than 3,000 children are born every year with a congenital limb deficiency in the United States alone. These children will change their prosthetics devices
More than 3,000 children are born every year with a congenital limb deficiency in the United States alone. These children will change their prosthetics devices
Two-thirds of the world lacks access to basic medical imaging equipment, which is an essential cornerstone for modern medical diagnostics. Due in part to a
1.3 million people suffered from blindness in America in 2010 and that number is expected to triple by 2050. Many blind people click with their
Of the over 114,000 patients in the United States on the national transplant list, twenty die every day while waiting for an organ transplant, and
Today, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects 25 million Americans and costs the healthcare system nearly $50 billion a year. Respira Labs’ COPD management platform
AsphyxiAlert addresses the need for a tracheostomy alarm system that alerts caregivers in the event of accidental tube dislodgement and tube occlusion. AsphyxiAlert’s dual purpose
Suturing is a low-complexity yet technical and time-intensive step of every open surgical procedure. In recent years, few innovations in wound closure have worked to
Every patient’s nightmare is putting one’s health at risk by receiving a failed surgery. In the US, medical errors kill more than 200,000 patients per
Trauma disrupts every person’s blood clotting ability to stop bleeding and remains the second leading cause of preventable death in industrialized countries. With no effective
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