Our world is becoming increasingly mobile. People yearn for ease and convenience with on-the-go lifestyles, even when it comes to their healthcare. With an eye toward these modern user needs, a team of students in Utah, uAir, is looking to integrate easy access to mini-inhaler doses into the busy lives of inhaler-dependent patients worldwide.
Over 75 percent of medical device start-ups in the US fail. Very often, this has nothing to do with the quality or innovative nature of the device at-hand, and everything to do with logistics.
This is where The University of Utah Health’s Center for Medical Innovation comes in. Now in its 11th year, the Center’s pinnacle student start-up program, Bench2Bedside, is turning out student-founded biotech startups that just might change the future―with the right partners and funding.