{"588852":{"#nid":"588852","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CauteryGuard Wins the InVenture Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA safer medical device used to remove unwanted tissue and to stop bleeding won Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s InVenture Prize Wednesday night.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe four biomedical engineering students behind \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/13\/improved-tool-keep-patients-doctors-safe\u0022\u003ECauteryGuard\u003C\/a\u003E redesigned an electrocautery device by adding a retractable tip. This change prevents the risk of burns many doctors and patients face from the device\u0026rsquo;s exposed tip. It also eliminates the chance of fires in operating rooms because an exposed tip could come into contact with flammable materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team won $20,000 plus a free patent filing and a spot in Flashpoint, a Georgia Tech accelerator. They also won the $5,000 People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award, which went to the fans\u0026rsquo; favorite invention.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is really incredible,\u0026rdquo; said Dev Mandavia, a student in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. \u0026ldquo;This validates all the hard work we\u0026rsquo;ve put into this device. This will allow us to take it to the next step and bring our product to FDA approval and then eventually start saving the lives of patients and surgeons.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other team members are: Jack Corelli, Hunter Hatcher and Devin Li.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe two-member team of\u0026nbsp;InternBlitz earned second\u0026nbsp;place, which comes with\u0026nbsp;$10,000, a free patent filing and a spot in Flashpoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/14\/easier-way-apply-internships\u0022\u003EInternBlitz\u003C\/a\u003E streamlines the internship application process. It finds internships for students, automatically fills in their personal contact information and resume, and then sends applicants the extra, company-specific questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe inventors are: Murtaza Bambot, an industrial engineering major, and Nathan Dass, a computer science major.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe annual InVenture Prize brings together student innovators from all academic backgrounds across campus in an effort to foster creativity, invention and entrepreneurship.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECauteryGuard will now represent Georgia Tech at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/accinventureprize.com\u0022\u003EACC InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E. This competition, which will involve student startups and inventions from each of the 15 universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference, will take place at Georgia Tech March 30 and 31.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are so excited to represent Georgia Tech,\u0026rdquo; Mandavia said. \u0026ldquo;Just seeing the support we\u0026rsquo;ve received from everyone, especially everyone in the Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering,\u0026nbsp;has been incredible.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn about the other four finalists here:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/13\/creating-safer-cane\u0022\u003ECapable Cane \u003C\/a\u003Eis a walking cane that unfolds into a portable, full-sized comfortable seat.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/14\/how-do-you-perform-cpr-device-will-teach-you\u0022\u003ECPR+\u003C\/a\u003E is a CPR mask that allows an untrained bystander to perform CPR by walking the user through each step of the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/14\/better-bars-eliminate-barriers-physical-therapy-children\u0022\u003EGaitway\u003C\/a\u003E are transportable, collapsible parallel bars for physical therapists to use when working with children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/14\/bringing-augmented-reality-warehouses\u0022\u003EPickAR\u003C\/a\u003E uses augmented reality technology so warehouses can process orders more efficiently.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA safer medical device used to remove unwanted tissue and to stop bleeding won Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s InVenture Prize Wednesday\u0026nbsp;night. 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