Blogs & Insights

Improving surgical outcomesWe collaborated with a surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Office of Research & Development to develop prototypes of a novel pedicle screw system. The new design would improve the wound closure and healing process...

Goggles for Diagnosing Eye Diseases The Problem: Unusual dark adaptation, such as pupilary response, is commonly associated with numerous ocular diseases, so the procedure serves as an objective diagnostic tool, but it can be difficult to administer well in...

For Low-Resource SettingsWe worked with a graduate student team at the Johns Hopkins University to support their development of a new Fetal Heart Rate Monitor for developing countries. Their goal was to improve the state of medical care for expecting mothers through...

Relieving Patient PainOur customer had a painful hangnail and had gone to a podiatrist for help. The podiatrist could perform surgery, but the options were limited and drastic. Most solutions involve removal of a significant portion of the nail which changes the...

Making things easier to grasp.Root3 Labs collaborated with surgeons from University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Office of Research and Development in an effort to commercialize university research. The project was to develop and test...

Improving retinal imaging through automationCollaborating with our friends at Sensing Machines, we helped Vasoptic Medical automate their retinal laser image acquisition process. Using their existing enclosure and optics, we developed an add-on enclosure to provide...

Demonstrating the motion of respirationThe team at Safe To Sleep has developed a baby monitoring mat so sensitive it can alert parents if their newborn baby is having trouble breathing. For demonstration and testing purposes, they needed to simulate the physical...