Companies
Since 2001, the Stanford Biodesign Fellows and students from the Biodesign Innovation course have started 51 health technology companies from their fellowship/class projects, impacting more than 1.5 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 leads
AVA
Faculty Fellowship Year: 2016First-of-its-kind personal device and platform for air pollution and respiratory health
Awair
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Catheter for increasing comfort and reducing complications associated with intubation
BioTrace Medical
Fellowship Year: 2009-10Temporary cardiac pacing device to treat reversible symptomatic bradycardia
Brun
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2014A fetomaternal monitor for resource-constrained settings
Cala Health
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Wearable therapy for hand tremors
Calcula Technologies
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Medical devices used to remove kidney stones
Ciel Medical
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Devices to improve the placement of endotracheal tubes and help prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia
Clear Ear
Class Year: 2010-11A tool for safe, effective earwax removal
Consure Medical
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2008A device for the improved management of fecal incontinence
Curant
Fellowship Year: 2006-07Minimally-invasive urinary implant that prevents leakage in response to stressful events
EMME
Innovation Fellowship Year: 2016-17Reproductive health management solutions
Endoluminal Sciences
Class Year: 2005-06Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, valves, and endovascular drug delivery
Flotherm
Class Year: 2012-13A disposable thermal-compression device that’s designed to prevent hypothermia before surgical procedures
Gradient Therapeutics
Fellowship Year: 2011-12A novel transvascular, catheter-based technology to treat pulmonary hypertension
HiCareLimo
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2009Low-cost lower limb splint
HourGlass Technologies
Class Year: 2006-07Minimally-invasive alternative to gastric bypass surgery
IndioLabs
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2012Low-cost liver biopsy device
Innospine
Fellowship Year: 2001-02Catheter system for the diagnosis and potential treatment of back pain due to disk degeneration
InSite Medical
Fellowship Year: 2006-07Tools to improve the delivery of epidural anesthesia
Intervene
Fellowship Year: 2009-10Catheter-based technology to treat the valvular pathophysiology of chronic deep venous insufficiency
iRhythm
Fellowship Year: 2005-06Monitoring device that helps physicians detect and diagnose arrhythmias
Kerberos
Class Year: 2001-02Device that removes blood clot material that develops during treatment of coronary and peripheral artery blockages
Koli
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Tools for the treatment of cholelithiasis (gallstones)
LVIS
Faculty Fellowship Year: 2016Live visualization to innovate how neurological diseases are diagnosed and treated
Lymph/Axis
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Minimally-invasive method to access and manipulate lymphatic fluid using ultrasound imaging and a disposable catheter
Lully
Fellowship Year: 2013-14A system to reduce night terrors in children
Madorra
Fellowship Year: 2013-14Solutions to improve quality of life after menopause
Materna Medical
Class Year: 2009-10Device to prevent perineal lacerations and pelvic floor trauma during childbirth
Miret Surgical
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Minimally-invasive surgery tools
Müvr
Fellowship Year: 2014-15A wearable device to help knee surgery patients complete physical therapy accurately and completely
NeoGuide
Fellowship Year: 2001-02Colonoscopy device with real-time pathway tracking
Niveus Medical
Fellowship Year: 2007-08Proprietary rehabilitation technology to enhance penetration of surface-delivered energy to deep tissues
Novonate
Class Year: 2011-12Device to reduce the risk of blood stream infections in newborns with umbilical cord catheters
Oculeve
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Non-invasive neurostimulation device that increases tear production in patients with dry eye disease
OneBreath
Fellowship Year: 2008-09Ventilator that delivers high reliability and precision at an affordable cost
Orpheus Medical
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Device to painlessly cure hemorrhoids in a single procedure
palmm
Fellowship Year: 2015-16An at-home treatment for excessive sweating of the hands
Pelvalon
Class Year: 2009-10Vaginal insert for the nonsurgical treatment of fecal incontinence
Prescient Surgical
Fellowship Year: 2011-12Surgical incision barrier to prevent surgical site infection
Privi
Singapore-Stanford Fellowship Year: 2014Device for the treatment of hemorrhoids
PuraCath
Class Year: 2009-10Tools for improving quality of life for peritoneal dialysis patients
StemCor Systems/ Regenmed Systems
Class Year: 2003-04System for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow stem cells
Simpirica Spine
Class Year: 2005-06Implant that addresses flexion instability and pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Sohum
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2010System for screening newborns for hearing loss in global resource-poor settings
Spiracur
Class Year: 2006-07Device to promote wound healing
Tangible Science
Fellowship Year: 2010-11Coating for gas permeable and soft contact lenses to improve comfort for patients with dry eye symptoms
Tueo Health
Fellowship Year: 2014-15A solution that delivers accurate, objective indicators of asthma control to support patients and their families in achieving improved outcomes
Vynca
Fellowship Year: 2012-13Solution for end-of-life planning to align care preference with care provision
Windmill Health Technologies
Stanford-India Fellowship Year: 2011Neonatal resuscitation device designed for use in remote and/or low-resource environments
Zenflow
Fellowship Year: 2013-14Device to treat urinary obstruction related to benign prostatic hyperplasia
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