M-PED provided connections to resources in regulatory investigation and intellectual property (including patent searches) that were critical to the development of the Charpie Pediatric Intubation System. The Gap Funding Award is helping me turn the conceptual design into a functional prototype in a collaboration with a local medical device firm.
From Medical Design Technology (mdtmag.com):
"Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions — one that's usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk.
But at almost 4 years old, he's a healthy bundle of energy after three dozen surgeries, including an innovative operation to create a new voice box...."
Read more:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/11/born-no-voice-low-odds-boy-talks-new-voice-box
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