Before any med-tech entrepreneur can bring a product to market, he or she must prove the technology will work reliably. Transforming a nascent technology like digital microfluidics into an intuitive product is not easy. But it doesn’t take a seasoned engi...
Key Tech would like to welcome our Summer 2022 new hires! Learn more about the newest additions to our crew below. Top row in the image from left to right Name: Caitlin Lee, Electrical Engineer Graduated from: University of Maryland College Park Hometown: Cabin John, MD Why did you pick...
Kristen Carbone designed Brilliantly Warm, a wearable technology to solve a problem that she had herself: keeping warm following a preventive double mastectomy and implant reconstruction....
Each year, millions of people in the U.S. require some sort of neurosurgery due to injury, disease, or genetic condition. They often undergo multiple procedures and face long, painful recoveries. This inspired Jesse Christopher to start tinkering with his...
Andy Rogers talked with Mike Acosta, EVP/Head of Compliance at Coagusense, and later recapped some of the lessons learned with Senior Electrical Engineer Jake Cowperthwaite. Andy and Jake have an informative discussion about how to define performance requ...
CoaguSense developed the first point-of-care prothrombin time/Internationalized Normalized Ratio (PT/INR) monitoring system for cardiac patients who have been prescribed warfarin. The gen three model goes from a connected device to a disconnected one. Fin...
All the back-to-school photos posted on social media this week bring to mind the start of a clean slate. After a wonderful summer with us I would like to wish the 11 KT summer interns (Yes! Our largest group ever!) a wonderful 2022-2023 school year!...
As medical devices keep advancing, the consumables used in testing and therapeutics are moving forward as well, far beyond grandpa’s diabetes test strips. New semiconductors, circuitry, and sensors, along with automated production, bring a whole new spect...
When you’re trying to add new functionality to existing technology, the data you need won’t be presented on a silver platter. Sometimes, you don’t even know what the right data is until you find it....
Sometimes a technology starts off in one direction, but the data leads developers somewhere else entirely. This is the case for RevMedica, an early-phase medical device company, and manufacturer. The first product in development at RevMedica is a cyb...