In Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ latest Inventor Chronicle, discover how the Structured Innovation Challenge team "Sac it to ‘Em", featuring Linda Bradley, MD, Bradley Gill, MD, Cara King, DO, MS, Lindsey Valentine, MD, Liron Bar-El, MD, and Emily Frisch, MD, is streamlining specimen bagging with a revolutionary device that enhances efficiency and patient care.
Joseph Iannotti, MD, PhD, Chief Research and Academic Officer at Cleveland Clinic Florida, transformed shoulder surgery through a 15-year research journey that began with a simple anatomical question, developing innovative technologies like preoperative planning software and patient-specific instrumentation. The success of these innovations exemplifies Cleveland Clinic's commitment to reinvesting commercialization gains back into research, creating a virtuous cycle of medical discovery that continuously pushes the boundaries of healthcare innovation.
Cleveland Clinic physicians Matthew Kroh, MD, Xiaoxi (Chelsea) Feng, MD, MPH, and Ricard Corcelles, MD, share how their Structured Innovation Challenge team, The Abdominal Innovators, which also included Salvador Navarrete, MD, and Andrew Strong, MD, are revolutionizing surgical precision with their work on a minimally invasive measurement instrument, as featured in Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ Inventor Chronicle series.
The Innovation Challenge showcased three groundbreaking medical technologies addressing challenges in weight management, bacterial infections, and heart valve repair. Jeannette Messer, DVM, PhD, was awarded the $100,000 prize from Jones Day for her innovative antimicrobial antibody therapeutics that could revolutionize how bacterial infections are treated.
By Gerald “Jerry” Wilmink, PhD, MBA, Director, Innovations Business Development and Licensing
By Stephen MacNamara, MS, Associate Director, Innovations Development, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic inventor Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, shares his groundbreaking research on molecular mechanisms of heart disease and their potential to transform patient care as part of Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ Inventor Chronicle series.
In the Nurse Inventor Spotlight series, Cleveland Clinic nurses share their innovation journey, inspiration, unmet needs, and how their innovation may impact patients and caregivers.
In the Cleveland Clinic Innovations profile series, members of the Innovations team share their journey to joining the Innovations department at Cleveland Clinic, what they find inspiring about their role and what innovation means to them.
Cleveland Clinic inventors Justis Ehlers, MD, and Sunil Srivastava, MD, share their innovations on algorithms in ophthalmic diseases and their influence on patient care as part of Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ Inventor Chronicle series.