2026 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition Finalists

May 10, 2026

Out of 568 proposals submitted by teams across all tracks, the top 8 teams from each track have been selected and will advance to the final round. Teams will pitch in a closed session on April 11th to compete for first, second, and third prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $1,000 respectively.

Advanced Health Finalists

  • Reel-IV: An electromechanical solution for IV line dislodgement in pediatric patients (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Veina: A Pressure-Modulating Syringe to Reduce Hemolysis and Repeat Blood Draws in Hospitals (Johns Hopkins University)
  • PatchPals: Wound Image Segmentation and CNC Cutting for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • BlueHealer: A Fully Internal Implant for Microvascular Limb Salvage in No-Option CLTI (Johns Hopkins University)
  • BowelProbe: Real-Time Bowel Viability Assessment Using Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (University of Minnesota)
  • Verdigris: Ultrasound Guided Needle Angle System to Improve First-Pass Lumbar Puncture Success Rate (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Bionostic: Advanced Tumor Landscape Analysis System (ATLAS) (Rice University)
  • Kidney Patch: Multi-Frequency Bioimpedance Spectroscopy: A Non-Invasive Approach to Extracellular Fluid Tracking in Renal Care (University of Texas at Austin)

Global Health

  • VectorCatch: Democratizing vector surveillance for sub-Saharan Africa (Johns Hopkins University)
  • VT Reusable Skin Stapler: Development of a Reusable Skin Stapler for Use In Low-to-Middle-Income Clinical Settings (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  • LarvaCam: Larval Surveillance Team (Johns Hopkins University)
  • VitalMama: An Autonomous Triage and Financial Execution Architecture for Low-Resource Maternal Care (Obafemi Awolowo University)
  • RES-Q: Predictive Mental Health Surveillance for Emergency Professionals (University of Central Florida)
  • Palpaid: An Operator-Independent, Low-Cost Palpation Device for Community-Level Screening for Breast Lesions (University of Pittsburgh and MIT)
  • Brail-lee: Low-cost Portable Haptic Interface for Text to Braille (Universidad de Guadalajara)
  • Mavericks: MACPAP (Malawi University of Science and Technology)

Digital Health

  • Parkinetics: Short intervals of movement data collected by inertial measurement units during activities of daily living provide a quantitative and low-cost method to assess the functional independence and disease severity of patients with Parkinson disease (Johns Hopkins University)
  • Prospira: Nodule-Independent Risk Assessment System for Personalized Lung Cancer Screening
    (University of Pennsylvania, Stanford)
  • MagnifAI: A Magnification-Agnostic Approach to Breast Cancer Histopathology Diagnosis (Johns Hopkins University)
  • MedIQ Health: Polly + InhalAIR: A Digital Health Platform for Personalized Asthma Management (Rice University)
  • DialySafe: Magnetic induction spectroscopy sensor for early detection of infection (Rice University)
  • SurgeSentinel: A Risk-Stratified Remote Monitoring System for Post-Cesarean Wound Care (Cornell University)
  • KAIRS: Knee Artificial Intelligence Rehabilitation Sleeve (KAIRS) (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University)
  • PanTSView: An Educational AI Tutor for Learning CT Anatomy and an Interactive CT Visualization Platform (Johns Hopkins University)

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