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Sarah Doherty is a 26-year-old robotics entrepreneur on a mission to increase the safety of heart-valve replacements while saving hospitals money.
The Highland Park native teamed with Dr. Jeff Soble, a cardiologist and associate professor at Rush University Medical Center, to create TeleHealthRobotics.
The company is starting a clinical trial with 125 patients at Rush to test how well doctors…
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On October 23rd Insight Product Development broke past event attendance records by hosting nearly 200 key health tech industry leaders at its annual Chicago HealthTECH Summit. Engineered to provide early visibility to health-tech innovation and IP and grow the medical innovation ecosystem in the Midwest, the 2014 Summit brought together key industry and community stakeholders including corporat…
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Chicago’s New Healthcare Technology Hub Accepts First Group of Health IT, Medical Device, and Pharmaceutical Startups
MATTER, the new entrepreneurship and innovation hub for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies, today announced the first 10 member companies accepted into the community.
MATTER, which will open in early 2015, will accelerate innovation …
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Last night, just prior to the annual CEC Momentum Awards dinner, MATTER was honored to receive a $150K grant from JPMorgan Chase in support of healthcare technology entrepreneurs in Chicago. The grant was part of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Small Business Forward, a $30 million, five-year initiative that will support the formation, growth and success of small business clusters around the world. …
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If you’re hip in Chicago, you’ve probably heard of 1871, the entrepreneurial space for digital startups. What you might not be aware of yet is MATTER, an emerging incubator built solely for healthcare technology startups. Like 1871, it calls the Merchandise Mart its home, and it opens in early 2015. As a healthcare startup, we’re excited to have all of Chicago’s greatest minds in health innovat…
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