Pittsburgh-based KbPort LLC develops software and hardware for healthcare simulation, helping education programs record and debrief training, manage simulation centers, and practice medication administration without patient risk. The company’s partners bring more than 30 years of simulation experience, while founder and President and CEO Chuck Miller has focused on medical simulation since 1994. KbPort also applies its engineering capabilities to projects in automotive, banking, and military settings.
Sim2GrowFounded in 2015 by experienced nurse educators, Sim2Grow develops medication-administration simulation systems for nursing programs. Its all-in-one med-pass simulator combines physical training equipment with proprietary software so students can repeatedly practice safe, realistic workflows without continuous internet access or individual student subscriptions. The Ohio-based company says its system is now used by more than 100 nursing programs nationwide.BEAVERCREEK, OH
TeletrixFor 34 years, Pittsburgh-based Teletrix has made simulation systems for radiation and gas-detection training, allowing instructors to recreate realistic readings and hazardous scenarios without live sources, calibration gases, or exposure. Its work ranges from remotely controlled replicas of field instruments to VIZRAD, which combines a mannequin and virtual contamination for objective frisking practice. Teletrix is also partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on VIZRAD AR, an augmented-reality system that lets trainees visualize simulated radiation in physical spaces.PITTSBURGH, PA
Operative Experience, IncTrauma surgeon Dr. Robert Buckman founded Operative Experience to bring hands-on surgical realism to healthcare training, and healthcare simulation pioneer Lou Oberndorf joined the company in 2016 to accelerate its development. Based in Maryland, the company designs and manufactures high-fidelity human simulators for military and civilian medical education, including its U.S. Army-accredited female PCCS Pro trauma simulator.ABERDEEN, MD
IngMar MedicalFrom its Pittsburgh base, IngMar Medical has spent more than a quarter century building respiratory simulators and test lungs that let clinicians train on real ventilators while engineers and researchers evaluate respiratory devices. Its signature ASL 5000 breathing simulator can model patients from neonatal through adult, while the newer Aurora manikin brings that high-fidelity lung technology into hands-on ventilation training. Since 2024, IngMar Medical has been part of 3B Scientific and serves more than a thousand customer sites worldwide.PITTSBURGH, PA