While the person with dementia is typically the main focus when families weather the medical crisis, the patient’s health often hinges instead on the health of the caregiver. An app developed in Indiana devoted to caregiver health is now hitting the market.... Read More
High tech hospital deliveries at two hospitals are changing the game for patients and nurses alike. IU Health North Hospital in Carmel and IU Health Tipton Hospital are pilot testing a robot that can make deliveries throughout their various units.... Read More
“It’s atrocious,” Becca Tuholski says sadly, while reciting the infant mortality rates in northwest Indiana that haunt her and other leaders at the NWI Food Council. The number of babies dying in Gary is triple the state’s rate—the ninth highest in the U.S.... Read More
Novartis says its $100 million cutting-edge Indianapolis facility to manufacture the new nuclear medicine Pluvicto is on the cusp of opening—and the drug’s genesis belongs to Purdue University’s Dr. Philip Low, a serial entrepreneur and industry icon. ... Read More
A South Bend-based startup is one step closer to market with a device for heart failure patients that—tucked under their home mattress—monitors the body for a common complication: fluid overload. ... Read More
On the doorstep of testing with a state police department, Peter Zahrt says he’s hopeful the fundraising will soon be in place to manufacture the device for the 10 police departments—some in Indiana—already in line to purchase it.... Read More
Dr. Jonathan Merrell and his Indianapolis-based startup have developed what he calls a "smarter CPR" device for emergency medical professionals. EMS World Magazine recently named the Butterfly BVM as a finalist for its 2023 Innovation Awards.... Read More
In the steady stream of commercially successful innovations to emerge from the lab of Purdue University’s Dr. Philip Low, a newly licensed technology takes aim at improving MRIs to image the most aggressive form of brain cancer. ... Read More
A neurologist in Evansville has created a tool to help patients regain function in their hands after a stroke or brain injury. Dr. Luke Barr says half to 80% of the patients who lose hand function after a stroke or brain injury never regain it. ... Read More
A professional hockey player, Fabian Granqvist craved grab-and-go snacks made from whole foods to power him through training. He is now on the doorstep of moving his small batch production system to a manufacturing line to feed the masse with his own product.... Read More
