Levita Health is a Duke University–connected health venture formed from research in the university’s Design Health program and a clinical need identified by a cardiologist in 2021. Its team develops Uplift, a user-controlled abdominal compression device intended to give people with circulation-related symptoms more adaptable support in daily life.
HDO HealthFounded in 2021 to commercialize healthcare technologies developed at The Ohio State University, HDO Health is a Columbus-based medical-device company built around a service-minded, data-driven approach. Its founding team brings nearly a century of combined experience, including military, trauma surgery and biomedical-engineering backgrounds, to address difficult needs faced by emergency and combat-care providers. The company’s lead product is the Journiquet™, a junctional tourniquet designed with input from more than 300 end users.
Access for LifeFounded by Yale-trained vascular surgeon Dr. Roger Mason, Access for Life is developing a patented, sensor-equipped implantable device for vascular access during hemodialysis. The venture-backed medical-device start-up combines vascular and renal clinical expertise with engineering and business leadership, and its technology is currently undergoing in-vivo trials. Its development history includes a 2019 KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase 1 win and a 2022 short in-vivo trial at Mount Sinai.FLEETWOOD, NY
AbelyFounded in 2016 by Sabine after her own surgery, Abely is a women-owned and operated business built around restoring independence during recovery. Drawing on her mechanical-engineering background, Sabine created the LiftMeUp as a portable way for people to remain in their own beds while they regain mobility, and Abely subsidizes rentals for women in need.
ABIOMEDFounded in 1981 in Danvers, Massachusetts, ABIOMED develops heart-recovery technology, best known for its Impella catheter-based heart pumps that provide temporary mechanical circulatory support. The company pairs its devices with clinical education and on-site, on-call, and online support for healthcare teams. ABIOMED became part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech through an acquisition, with more than 400,000 patients treated with Impella pumps worldwide.BALTIMORE, MD