From concept to exit strategies--medical device innovation.

It's quite a rollercoaster ride when you are part of a medical device start-up team. There are often many partners and processes that are not often taught in school or in the training to do research . For example, how does one obtain financing, protect intellectual property, set up a business, work with contract designers and/or manufacturers? Bringing a medical device business into existence is challenging and generally, only one in 10 medical device start ups make it.

Design of a visible-light spectroscopy clinical tissue oximeter.

We develop a clinical visible-light spectroscopy (VLS) tissue oximeter. Unlike currently approved near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) or pulse oximetry (SpO2%), VLS relies on locally absorbed, shallow-penetrating visible light (475 to 625 nm) for the monitoring of microvascular hemoglobin oxygen saturation (StO2%), allowing incorporation into therapeutic catheters and probes. A range of probes is developed, including noncontact wands, invasive catheters, and penetrating needles with injection ports.