Continuous and less-invasive patient monitoring can be a game changer for critically ill patients and the providers who treat them. The newest Fogarty Innovation startup, Flosonics Medical, is breaking new ground in this area with its FloPatch, a low cost,...
Imagine if your child’s body wasn’t able to absorb the nutrients it needs from food. That can be the result of short bowel syndrome (SBS), a malabsorption disorder caused by the lack of a functional small intestine. In pediatrics, common causes of SBS are...
The entrepreneurs who work with Fogarty Innovation are pioneers, and Chris Zarins, MD, co-founder and senior vice president of medical affairs for HeartFlow, is no exception. In fact, when he first started working on the technology with co-founder and current...
Lauding recent additions and successes Despite the challenging environment presented by 2020, we are proud to report that companies-in-residence (CIRs) and graduates alike received funding, a testament to their fortitude and the value of the clinical needs they are...
If there was one “most valuable player” that everyone in medical settings relied on during the pandemic, many would name personal protective equipment (PPE). However, while the lack of proper equipment has been felt acutely in every facility, the problem is not yet...
Good ideas can come from anywhere, but as the Fogarty Institute has found over and over, the Stanford Biodesign Summer Extension program is a rich source for innovation. That’s why it has partnered with Stanford Biodesign to give promising projects even more hands-on...
For several years, the Fogarty Institute has partnered with Stanford Biodesign’s Summer Extension program, which provides funding to help advance promising projects. The Institute offers these young companies its signature hands-on mentoring from each member of the...
When Neil Ray, MD, founder and CEO of FII graduate Raydiant Oximetry and a board-certified anesthesiologist, learned about the global shortage of ventilators early in the COVID-19 crisis, he immediately considered ways that he, his colleagues and others in the...
Imagine having a really bad cold that never goes away—congestion, runny nose, facial pressure, headache and loss of smell for more than three months. That’s what it feels like to the more than 36 million people in the U.S. who suffer from chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS),...
“We were given a gift to be able to solve a big problem, and though the road to getting a device to market is often a bumpy one, we have never lost our resolve to keep moving forward.” That focus from Madorra, a Fogarty Institute graduate aiming to improve the quality...