Eight years ago, a team of students in the Master of Biomedical Innovation and Development program tried to address a pressing need in sports medicine: how to treat millions of patients with chronic soft tissue injuries that would not respond to physical therapy. Their solution was a microinvasive surgical tool called the Ocelot, developed during the one-year […]
NFL Players Association Invests in TendoNova
BME startup company’s initial product addresses chronic tendon pain. A startup business born in the Master of Biomedical Innovation and Development (MBID) program at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently secured some investment support from the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). TendoNova, an Atlanta-based company that develops medical devices that enable microinvasive orthopedic procedures, […]
MBID Grads Compete in Super Bowl Event
TendoNova one of five finalist teams in NFL’s 1st and Future competition. Super Bowl LIII may not be remembered as one of the great games in the long history of National Football League championships, but the event that took over Downtown Atlanta will always be a highlight in the hearts and minds of the people […]
BioID Planting Leadership Seeds
Grads leverage intensive experience to earn rare opportunities, launch careers. Josh Liebowitz has an ambitious destination for his career path, which happens to run right through the Georgia Institute of Technology. “It is my goal to be the CEO of a medical device company,” says Liebowitz, who earned an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and […]
