UT Southwestern Medical Center and The University of Texas at Dallas were joined by state, regional, and business leaders for the dedication of the Texas Instruments Biomedical Engineering and Sciences Building. The facility will support the work of many faculties and their teams with both wet and dry laboratory space, areas designated specifically to promote multidisciplinary interactions, a Biodesign Center that will feature a large assembly/design studio, a metal fabrication shop, and rooms for 3D printing. This facility is said to accelerate training for the next generation and foster medical innovations to improve patient care.
The WARM Place, a center supporting grieving children and families, announces the expansion of its home to eradicate its waitlist of nearly 100 cases. The WARM Place is the first children’s grief center in Texas and has supported more than 45,000 children and their families through the loss of a parent, sibling, grandparent, or other loved one since 1989. It is also the only grief support center in Tarrant County.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark for Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification, becoming the second facility in Texas to obtain this achievement. An essential part of Texas Health Fort Worth earning recognition from The Joint Commission is cultivating a multidisciplinary care team. To receive Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification, facilities must also offer specific services to cardiac patients. This certification requires health facilities to complete an extensive two-day, on-site review by The Joint Commission. To maintain the Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification, Texas Health Fort Worth will undergo another review process in two years.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, which introduced the world’s first physical health-focused startup accelerator, TechStars, announces its second cohort. The accelerator’s primary focus is supporting companies building new technologies, treatments, and therapies in physical health in areas such as rehabilitation, physical therapy, performance, and exercise. The selected startups will participate in a 13-week program with hands-on mentorship, curated entrepreneurial content, and programming, up to $120,000 in funding, and access to an extensive network of mentors, investors, alums, and influential corporate executives. HSC partnered with Techstars, the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and Goff Capital for the second accelerator. From the release, get to know the startups below.
Brilliantly
Brilliantly Warm is a flexible, safe and warming device that can be worn in a bra to provide total-body warmth at the press of a button. The company’s science-backed, smart-phone enabled wearable slips into any bra for natural-feeling warmth.
ComeBack Mobility
The ComeBack Mobility Smart Crutch Tips are an IoT biofeedback device and mobile app that guide patients about how to apply the right amount of force to a recovering limb while using their crutches. For the patient, the solution is designed to improve compliance to rehabilitation protocols, speed the recovery process and reduce the number of revision surgeries.
Comma
Comma is an integrated period care company bringing menstrual health to reproductive health. The startup is building the first HIPAA-compliant period tracking app and developing a biodegradable tampon with potential for add-on laboratory services, unlocking menstrual blood as a biomarker.
Hera Fertility
Hera Fertility is a digital-first fertility clinic offering technology-driven diagnosis, telehealth consultations and personalized treatment plans for both women and men relating to infertility, including assisted reproductive technology services. Hera has three products: Hera Discovery (telehealth diagnosis services), Hera Support (app to manage ongoing care and access to fertility care team) and loan financing for patients.
Lubu Technologies
Luba Technologies’ AI-powered fitness coaching insoles are designed to reduce fitness-related injuries and improve performance. The collected data is processed by proprietary AI algorithms, providing the user with digestible, actionable insights about their performance, injury risks and potential areas for improvement.
Maya AI
Maya is a self-learning, voice-based AI agent that helps scientists extract data, update documentation and create proposed action plans from changing data. The tech works on real-time and historical data, and from both public and private sources.
Pulse Charter Connect
Pulse Charter Connect is taking on the logistics of transporting human organs, in the air and on the ground. The companu’s digital software is a service (SaaS) solution for critical health care logistics, making the process faster, less expensive, safer and with a greater success rate for organ transplant patients. The tech automates an antiquated and inefficient process of organ transport logistics.
Somos
Somos is building a health care and wellness super app for Latin Americans starting with a version that aggregates body signals from glucose sensors, wearables and lab tests to help people with pre-diabetes and diabetes understand how their body reacts to food and habits.
Vessl Prosthetics
Every 30 seconds in America, a leg is amputated. All amputees struggle with their prosthetic socket fit. Vessl’s patent-pending isoform socket is the only socket that automatically adjusts to changes in leg size, thereby empowering amputees to move comfortably.
Xplosion Technology
Xplosion’s digital health platform is aimed at adolescent diabetes management with a strong emphasis on health equity. Through the integration of advanced technologies, such as machine learning and real-time data analysis, Xplosion provides personalized support and tools to facilitate effective self-management of diabetes. By enhancing patient engagement, empowerment and overall well-being, Xplosion addresses the specific needs of adolescents and promotes health equity in diabetes management.
