Companies
Since 2001, the Stanford Biodesign Fellows and students from the Biodesign Innovation course have started 53 health technology companies from their fellowship/class projects, impacting more than 7.6 million patients worldwide. Learn more about them below.
Acumen Medical
Fellowship Year: 2001-02Tool for visualizing and cannulating the coronary sinus to facilitate the delivery of left ventricular pacing leadsAVA
Faculty Fellowship Year: 2016First-of-its-kind personal device and platform for air pollution and respiratory healthAwair
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Catheter for increasing comfort and reducing complications associated with intubationBioTrace Medical
Fellowship Year: 2009-10Temporary cardiac pacing device to treat reversible symptomatic bradycardiaBrun
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2014A fetomaternal monitor for resource-constrained settingsCala Health
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Wearable therapy for hand tremorsCalcula Technologies
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Medical devices used to remove kidney stonesCiel Medical
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Devices to improve the placement of endotracheal tubes and help prevent ventilator-associated pneumoniaClear Ear
Class Year: 2010-11A tool for safe, effective earwax removalConsure Medical
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2008A device for the improved management of fecal incontinenceCurant
Fellowship Year: 2006-07Minimally-invasive urinary implant that prevents leakage in response to stressful eventsEMME
Innovation Fellowship Year: 2016-17Reproductive health management solutionsEndoluminal Sciences
Class Year: 2005-06Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, valves, and endovascular drug deliveryFlotherm
Class Year: 2012-13A disposable thermal-compression device that’s designed to prevent hypothermia before surgical proceduresGradient Therapeutics
Fellowship Year: 2011-12A novel transvascular, catheter-based technology to treat pulmonary hypertensionHiCareLimo
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2009Low-cost lower limb splintHourGlass Technologies
Class Year: 2006-07Minimally-invasive alternative to gastric bypass surgeryIndioLabs
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2012Low-cost liver biopsy deviceInnospine
Fellowship Year: 2001-02Catheter system for the diagnosis and potential treatment of back pain due to disk degenerationInSite Medical
Fellowship Year: 2006-07Tools to improve the delivery of epidural anesthesiaIntervene
Fellowship Year: 2009-10Catheter-based technology to treat the valvular pathophysiology of chronic deep venous insufficiencyiRhythm
Fellowship Year: 2005-06Monitoring device that helps physicians detect and diagnose arrhythmiasKerberos
Class Year: 2001-02Device that removes blood clot material that develops during treatment of coronary and peripheral artery blockagesKoli
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Tools for the treatment of cholelithiasis (gallstones)LVIS
Faculty Fellowship Year: 2016Live visualization to innovate how neurological diseases are diagnosed and treatedLymph/Axis
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Minimally-invasive method to access and manipulate lymphatic fluid using ultrasound imaging and a disposable catheterLully
Fellowship Year: 2013-14A system to reduce night terrors in childrenMadorra
Fellowship Year: 2013-14Solutions to improve quality of life after menopauseMaterna Medical
Class Year: 2009-10Device to prevent perineal lacerations and pelvic floor trauma during childbirthMiret Surgical
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Minimally-invasive surgery toolsMüvr
Fellowship Year: 2014-15A wearable device to help knee surgery patients complete physical therapy accurately and completelyNeoGuide
Fellowship Year: 2001-02Colonoscopy device with real-time pathway trackingNiveus Medical
Fellowship Year: 2007-08Proprietary rehabilitation technology to enhance penetration of surface-delivered energy to deep tissuesNovonate
Class Year: 2011-12Device to reduce the risk of blood stream infections in newborns with umbilical cord cathetersnSight Surgical
Faculty Fellowship Year: 2017 An AI platform that uses computer vision to detect surgical objects to increase efficiency and reduce patient risk.Oculeve
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Non-invasive neurostimulation device that increases tear production in patients with dry eye diseaseOneBreath
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Ventilator that delivers high reliability and precision at an affordable costOrpheus Medical
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Device to painlessly cure hemorrhoids in a single procedurepalmm
Fellowship Year: 2015-16An at-home treatment for excessive sweating of the handsPelvalon
Class Year: 2009-10Vaginal insert for the nonsurgical treatment of fecal incontinencePrescient Surgical
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Surgical incision barrier to prevent surgical site infectionPrivi
Singapore-Stanford Fellowship Year: 2014Device for the treatment of hemorrhoidsPuraCath
Class Year: 2009-10Tools for improving quality of life for peritoneal dialysis patientsStemCor Systems/ Regenmed Systems
Class Year: 2003-04System for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow stem cellsSimpirica Spine
Class Year: 2005-06Implant that addresses flexion instability and pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosisSohum
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2010System for screening newborns for hearing loss in global resource-poor settingsSpiracur
Class Year: 2006-07Device to promote wound healingSpirair
Class Year: 2019-20An in-office solution for nasal septal deviationTangible Science
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Coating for gas permeable and soft contact lenses to improve comfort for patients with dry eye symptomsTueo Health
Fellowship Year: 2014-15A solution that delivers accurate, objective indicators of asthma control to support patients and their families in achieving improved outcomesVynca
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Solution for end-of-life planning to align care preference with care provisionWindmill Health Technologies
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2011Neonatal resuscitation device designed for use in remote and/or low-resource environmentsZenflow
Fellowship Year: 2013-14Device to treat urinary obstruction related to benign prostatic hyperplasia
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