From concept to reality: Entrepreneurial program brings inventors and business students together

As an orthopedic and spinal surgeon in training in 2004, Dr. Alpesh Patel knew there had to be a better way to detect when a surgeon accidentally nicks an esophagus or a bowel with a scalpel.
The Monitus Medical story is just one example of the partnerships the U. is forming between science inventors and business students.

"When it does occur it actually can be pretty devastating to a patient, with a high mortality rate," Patel said. "There wasn’t a great way in real time to detect that this injury has occurred." In fact, most leaks aren’t detected until after the surgery site is closed and the patient begins to exhibit symptoms of a complication.

By Geoffrey Fattah, Deseret News

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