Successful Teams

Phas3 Health is a cardiovascular rehabilitation platform. They recently won the 2019 Prime Health Challenge and were awarded an Arch Grant. Both CEO Lucas Rydberg and COO Dan Ebeling sit on MEDLaunch’s advisory board as mentors to our cohorts.

Phas3 Health is a cardiovascular rehabilitation platform. They recently won the 2019 Prime Health Challenge and were awarded an Arch Grant. Both CEO Lucas Rydberg and COO Dan Ebeling sit on MEDLaunch’s advisory board as mentors to our cohorts.

Executive Boards

2021-22

2022-23

  • Aakash Nagarapu, President

  • Susan Hartmann, Executive Director

  • Samantha Arledge, Vice President of Finance

  • Hance Wilbert, Vice President of Clinical Outreach

  • Madi Person, Vice President of Curriculum

  • Jasmine Thakkar, Vice President of Recruitment and Retention

  • Dhvanii Raval, President

  • Susan Hartmann, Executive Director

  • Prasana Ruxmohan, Vice President of Finance

  • Krithika Arrabothu, Vice President of Clinical Outreach

  • Destanie Garrett, Vice President of Curriculum

  • Aakash Nagarapu, Vice President of Recruitment and Retention



Cohorts

2021-22

ChemoTactix - Reducing Chemotherapy Nurse Burnout and Improving Patient Safety in the Transfusion Center - 2022 Demo Day Winner

ChemoTactix is an app-based solution to the multifaceted problem of chemotherapy nurse burnout and patient safety concerns. Nurses are currently experiencing alarm fatigue, high patient-to-nurse ratios, and short staffing. This solution seeks to optimize efficiency for nursing as well as strengthen the connection between the chemotherapy nurse and the patient.

  • Jasmine Thakkar - M1 - Team Lead

  • Param Sangani - MHA2

  • Emily Guagliardo - M1

  • Bhanu Pujari - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Neuroscience

  • Shreeya Thussu - M1

  • Harshit Gorla - Undergraduate, Freshman, Biomedical Engineering

HeartCard - Optimization of Intraoperative EKG Monitoring

Cardiac monitoring during surgeries is cumbersome and often ineffective. Placement of five electrodes and leads for cardiac monitoring requires five cords leaving the patient, and these cords often tangle and clutter the OR. An optimized EKG monitoring system can be developed consisting of a single pad being placed on the patient with a single cord leaving the pad. The simplistic nature of this device will reduce improper cardiac monitoring due to electrode misplacement, reduce cord tangling and clutter due to it operating with a single wire, and allow electrode placement on the back of a supine patient.

  • Christopher Rood - M3 - Team Lead

Prosthetic Sock Liner to Detect Pressure Ulcers

When a lower limb amputee is utilizing a prosthesis that does not provide a perfect fit, they are prone to developing pressure ulcers that will require them to take a break from using their artificial limb for the sore to fully heal. This project is an opportunity to combine prosthetics, electrical engineering, materials science, and biomedical engineering to create a product that will help amputees live more active and pain-free lifestyles, reducing the need to repeatedly see their prosthetists for socket adjustments and the time off from their prosthesis.

  • Madi Person - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering - Team Lead

  • Ryan Mueller - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

  • Abby Kieffer - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

  • Akbar Fidahussain - Undergraduate, Senior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Grace Almegren - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

  • Grace Yost - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Jeremy Roenker - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Karissa Simon - M1

  • Matthew Draper - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Rebekah Weimholt - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Electrical Engineering

LifeBlood Infusion Technology - Emergency Blood Product Storage and Warmer

A portable self-contained blood product storage container that maintains a targeted temperature for greater than 24 hours. In addition, the product will contain a battery-powered fluid heating mechanism and pressure infusion for patient administration, and an internal temperature monitoring device. This product is marketable to the US and Foreign Militaries and to hospitals and remote emergency medical care during disasters resulting in power outages.

  • Hance Wilbert - M1 - Team Lead

  • Kailey Davis - M1

  • Dane Meyer - M1

  • Maxwell Todd - M1

  • Samantha Arledge - MHA1

  • Ether Dharmesh - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

RollGuard - Development of a User-Friendly Interface for Reagent-based Drug Test Kits

My goal is to create a platform that provides information on the proper use and interpretation of reagent test kits for recreational drug use in the hopes that it will increase the prevalence of drug testing. In doing so, I also hope to clear up misconceptions in adulterant screening and recreational drug use so that those who choose to abuse substances can do so safely and with minimal loss of life.

  • Nicholas Wu - M1 - Team Lead

  • Torrey Guan - M1

  • Minjun Park - M1

  • Shannon Tseng - M1

Chromatix - Improved Methods for Splint Take Down

The current method to take down splints is very tedious and takes a long time as it involves taking down multiple layers but doing so one at a time. This can be frustrating for patients and providers who have multiple splint changes during a stay in the hospital.

  • Saksham Pruthi - M1 - Team Lead

  • Megan Tersteeg - M1

  • Matthew Draper - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Joshua Julian - M1

  • Torrey Guan - M1

  • Katherine Marino - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

 

2020-21

AIM - Increasing Prenatal Care Access: Addressing the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis in STL - 2021 Demo Day Winner

  • Krithika Arrabothu - M1 - Team Lead

  • Vonny Chong - M1

  • Lauren Su - M1

  • Steven Chang - M1

Augmented Reality Hospital Navigation

  • Destanie Garrett - MHA1 - Team Lead

  • Claudia Jasinki - Undergraduate, Public Health, Senior

  • Julia Pratt - Undergraduate, CS-Math, Junior

Pediatric Positive Pressure Ventilation Mask

  • Deeksha Sarda - Undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering, Junior - Team Lead

  • Joe Bouché - Undergraduate, Senior, International Business

Cervical Dilation Measuring Device

  • Param Sangani - Undergraduate, Junior, Health Care Administration - Team Lead

  • Koushik Saraswati - Undergraduate, Freshman, Biomedical Engineering

Pressure Ulcers

  • Ameya Kotwal - MHA1 - Team Lead

  • Santosh Sudhakar - M1

  • William Kinczewski - Undergraduate, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

  • Paul Mikuzis - Undergraduate, Senior, Public Health

  • Sean Walsh - Undergraduate, Senior, Biomedical Engineering

Reducing Hospital Waiting Times

  • Andy Zhang - M1 - Team Lead

  • Abeer Qureshi - Undergraduate, Junior, CS - Entrepreneurship

  • Ciri Chandana Pocha - Undergraduate, Junior, CS

  • Mark Moyer - M1

PediaBright - Childhood Diagnosis Stories

  • Meghan Weihmuller - MHA1 - Team Lead

  • Lexi Kayser - Undergraduate, Junior, English & Journalism

  • Aakash Nagarapu - Undergraduate, Sophomore, Biomedical Engineering

  • Nawal Cheema - Undergraduate, Junior, CS