Out of 286 proposals submitted by teams across all tracks, the top 8 teams from each track were invited to pitch in the final round on April 13th to compete for first, second, and third prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $1,000 respectively. Congrats to all the winners!
1st Place: Bloom – Bloom Speculum – Clemson University
2nd Place: SNIFF – Intraoperative detection of breast cancer margins by electrosurgical gas analysis and artificial intelligence – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
3rd Place: EndoGuard – Advancing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment: A Non-Invasive Approach utilizing High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Type II Endoleak Management – Johns Hopkins University
1st Place: Velocigraft – Low-Cost Template for Meshing Skin Grafts in Burn Surgery – Johns Hopkins University
2nd Place: Team FetoSynth – FetoSynth: A Real-Time Acoustic System for Fetal Heart Sound Localization and Heart Rate Monitoring – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
3rd Place: OASIS – Sustainable and Automatic Oxygen Delivery – University of Pennsylvania
1st Place: NATAL CARES – Federal University of Technology Akure
2nd Place: DengueDrops – A Smart Calculator for IV Fluid Management of Hospitalized Dengue Patients – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
3rd Place: SmartTIVA – Closed Loop Anesthesia Technology – Johns Hopkins University
1st Place: UroFlo – An Automated and Intuitive Continuous Bladder Irrigation Device – Rice University
2nd Place: AquaShield – Water-blocking Device for Hemodialysis Catheters – Universidad de Los Andes
3rd Place: MicroSurge – Developing photosensitive tissue glue for periodontal surgery – University of Toronto