{"589590":{"#nid":"589590","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CauteryGuard Advances to ACC InVenture Prize Finale","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour biomedical engineering students from Georgia Tech will compete in tonight\u0026rsquo;s ACC InVenture Prize finale.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team invented CauteryGuard, which adds a retractable tip to current electrocautery devices. This change\u0026nbsp;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 caused by an exposed tip coming into contact with flammable materials.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/accinventureprize.com\/\u0022\u003EACC InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E awards $30,000 in prizes to undergraduate students whose innovations aim to solve world problems and make our lives easier.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach of the 15 universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selected a team of student entrepreneurs for the competition, which is taking place at Georgia Tech. A preliminary round held Thursday evening narrowed the field to five finalists.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe other finalists are from:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuke University: A student launched Neurun, an app for racing events that provides interactive virtual tours of the course and other features to prepare runners.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESyracuse University: A student developed Fresh U, a media platform to help businesses and brands understand behaviors, patterns and purchasing trends of Generation Z.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUniversity of Virginia: Five students started a biotech company, AgroSpheres, which\u0026nbsp;gives farmers precise control over their harvesting schedule by degrading excess pesticides into a non-toxic derivative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVirginia Tech: Four students created Kare Powder, a topical, advanced wound care dressing that allows for faster and more effective healing for chronic patients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe finale will be held in the Ferst Center for the Arts. Request free tickets \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/accinventureprize.com\/ticket-request-form\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. Georgia Public Broadcasting will air the show live and stream it \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/acc-inventure-2017\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe tournament is modeled after \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, which started in 2009 to leverage the maker culture and encourage students to push their ideas even further.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECauteryGuard \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/16\/cauteryguard-wins-inventure-prize\u0022\u003Ewon\u003C\/a\u003E this year\u0026rsquo;s InVenture Prize. The device\u0026rsquo;s inventors are:\u0026nbsp;Jack Corelli, Hunter Hatcher, Devin Li and Dev Mandavia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s CauteryGuard will compete against teams of student inventors from from Duke, Syracuse, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech for $30,000 in prizes during tonight\u0026rsquo;s ACC InVenture Prize finale. The free event begins at 8pm in the Ferst Center for the Arts. Georgia Public Broadcasting will air the show live and stream it \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/acc-inventure-2017\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech students will compete against teams from Duke, Syracuse, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2017-03-31 12:07:01","changed_gmt":"2017-03-31 12:13:02","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"505261":{"id":"505261","type":"image","title":"ACC InVenture Prize logo","body":null,"created":"1456760341","gmt_created":"2016-02-29 15:39:01","changed":"1522856406","gmt_changed":"2018-04-04 15:40:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"204818","name":"accinventureprizelogo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/accinventureprizelogo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/accinventureprizelogo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":138374,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/accinventureprizelogo.jpg?itok=16t43Zo-"}}},"media_ids":["505261","505261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/accinventureprize.com","title":"ACC InVenture Prize"},{"url":"https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu","title":"Georgia Tech InVenture Prize"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"169753","name":"student startups"},{"id":"137161","name":"CREATE-X"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMedia Relations\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E@LauraRDiamond\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}