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Posted here as one of the inventors (and investors) is a retired CF doctor.
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Dr. Dennis Filips saw his share of blood and guts in the operating rooms during three tours in Afghanistan as a trauma surgeon.
But only after he retired from the Canadian Navy in 2008 and worked under contract to teach army medics in field operations at CFB Suffield in southeastern Alberta did the "light bulb" come on about how hard it was to stop bleeding — the single largest cause of preventable trauma death.
Inspired by a simple hair clip, Filips used his surgical knowledge to design a clamping device which stops bleeding from wounds within seconds.
His Innovative Trauma Care (ITC) firm based at the Edmonton Research Park aims to launch the device later this year to hospitals, ambulances and the military in Canada, the U.S. and even Australia and New Zealand.
ITC is a finalist in the TEC Edmonton Venture Prize competition on April 26. And last week Filips won the top innovator award at the Life Science and health care Ventures Summit in New York hosted by venture capital funds.
Filips says the $65 device could save thousands of lives and represents a global "billion-dollar opportunity" for his fledgling company.
More at link
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Dr. Dennis Filips saw his share of blood and guts in the operating rooms during three tours in Afghanistan as a trauma surgeon.
But only after he retired from the Canadian Navy in 2008 and worked under contract to teach army medics in field operations at CFB Suffield in southeastern Alberta did the "light bulb" come on about how hard it was to stop bleeding — the single largest cause of preventable trauma death.
Inspired by a simple hair clip, Filips used his surgical knowledge to design a clamping device which stops bleeding from wounds within seconds.
His Innovative Trauma Care (ITC) firm based at the Edmonton Research Park aims to launch the device later this year to hospitals, ambulances and the military in Canada, the U.S. and even Australia and New Zealand.
ITC is a finalist in the TEC Edmonton Venture Prize competition on April 26. And last week Filips won the top innovator award at the Life Science and health care Ventures Summit in New York hosted by venture capital funds.
Filips says the $65 device could save thousands of lives and represents a global "billion-dollar opportunity" for his fledgling company.
More at link