Portfolio Companies
2021 COHORT
Augment Health (Memphis, TN) is focused on empowering people with spinal cord injuries who use urinary catheters, so they can get rid of their urine bag for better
bladder health, improved quality of life, and potentially reduced infection risk. Augment is developing an IoT bladder management system that noninvasively monitors bladder
fullness and sends a smartphone notification when the user should use the bathroom.
Corveus Medical’s (Houston, TX) mission is to help patients with advanced heart failure, a debilitating disease that causes respiratory symptoms, increased hospitalizations, and a huge cost burden in the United States. In recognizing increased cardiac pressures as a key driver of symptoms, Caridian has created a patent-pending catheter-based device that will equip cardiologists to treat heart failure. With improved symptoms, patients will have an improved quality of life and cardiologists will have another treatment modality.
NeuraStasis (Houston, TX) is developing a novel neurostimulation device that
effectively acts as a pause button during a devastating emergency – acute ischemic
stroke. NeuraStasis’ device uses noninvasive electrical stimulation to safely place
neural tissue into stasis – protecting the brain, filling gaps in care, and enabling more
patients to return to their loved ones disability free.
Rocket Wellness (Boston, MA) is developing prescription digital therapeutics that use virtual reality and mobile apps to help transform mental health care for cancer patients. Our gamified digital interventions combine clinically validated therapies with fully- immersive virtual reality experiences to make psychosocial care for cancer more effective, accessible, and fun!
TonoTech (Chicago, IL and Durham, NC) is developing a new device that uses machine learning to measure eye pressure more accurately and conveniently than the current gold standard. Eye pressure measurements are crucial to the diagnosis and management of glaucoma, the most common cause of irreversible blindness. TonoTech’s handheld device automates and simplifies eye pressure measurements, improving clinical efficiency and generating more reliable measurements that can improve treatment decisions.
2019 COHORT
Azimuth Sleep Solution is a medical device manufacturer offering a solution to eradicate obstructive sleep apnea. The company has created a patent-pendung CPAPmask that is personalized to fit individual patients’ teeth and noses.
Recently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company took a pivot to develop their new patent-pending PortPatch, a disposable N99-rated filter that allows CPAP and BiPAP to be used more safely in patien care settings. Azimuth Sleep Solutions has been granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization for this product
Diatech is developing SmartFusion: a system for insulin pumps that monitors insulin delivery for accuracy and infusion set failure. SmartFusion’s software could be integrated into an insulin pump or app and use data from the pump, continuous glucose monitor, and patien infusion habits to monitor the success of daily insulin dosages.
Oracle Health is developing a miniature implantable smart stethoscope to continuously monitor heart sound in patients at high risk for heart failure to detect abnormal cardiac activity and preen adverse events and hospitalization.
Winter Innovations has created a patented surgical needle called the EasyWhip. EasyWhip is a specialty suturing needle designed to improve graft stitching in orthopedic reconstruction surgeries by providing the user with benefits of ease of use, speed, stability and versatility. For patients, improved stiiching can reduce the chance of graft failur and lead to better surgical outcomes
2018 COHORT
Founded in 2017, Fairway Biomed aims to improve patient outcomes in surgeries purposed to cure life threatening diseases such as cancer. The LIVO (Laparoscopic Intra-organ VesselOccluder) is Fairway Biomed’s first product.
Spiritum Solutions is striving to create a worry-free medical setting by virtually eliminating human error during patient recovery.
Hera Health Solutions is redefining long-term drug delivery, starting with contraception, by developing a biodegradable contraceptive arm implant that will eliminate the costly and invasive removal procedure associated with the only contraceptive arm implant currently on the market. http://herahealthsolutions.com
Dark Horse Technology has developed a new design to Improve Life Expectancy of Total Ankle Replacement (TAR).