{"619163":{"#nid":"619163","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: Ethos Medical","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe three members of Ethos Medical have been building a device that could someday touch millions of lives, and they\u0026rsquo;ve been doing it in their apartment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThree engineering graduates constructed a handheld medical device to help guide the placement of needles used for spinal tap procedures. The goal is to make the procedure safer by providing a tool to assist medical professionals in placing the injection correctly without having to guess or repeat to find a precise location.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Sometimes procedures like a spinal tap or epidural can take up to an hour, with a needle having to be repeatedly reinserted due to missing the mark or striking bone,\u0026rdquo; explains co-founder Dev Mandavia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the current challenges for physicians in spinal access procedures is that they must rely on the feel of the patient\u0026rsquo;s body to locate the spine. Ethos Medical\u0026rsquo;s device uses ultrasound technology to allow physicians to see where the needle is within the patient\u0026rsquo;s body to help locate anatomical markers and avoid potentially sensitive or dangerous areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If the doctor can\u0026rsquo;t succeed, a patient is often sent to an x-ray setting and that\u0026rsquo;s expensive,\u0026rdquo; Mandavia says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe device\u0026rsquo;s two-part system uses a needle guide attachment for existing ultrasound probes and software that helps process ultrasound images, making them easier for physicians to interpret. \u0026ldquo;We not only show the trajectory of the needle but give an idea of when they can and should insert the needle,\u0026rdquo; says Ethos Medical team member Cassidy Wang.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith these procedures, there\u0026rsquo;s little room for error.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We hoped we could come up with a simple solution that any physician can pick up and use immediately,\u0026rdquo; explains mechanical engineer Lucas Muller.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe three members of Ethos Medical have been building a device that could someday touch millions of lives, and they\u0026rsquo;ve been doing it in their apartment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The three members of Ethos Medical have been building a device that could someday touch millions of lives, and they\u2019ve been doing it in their apartment."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2019-03-12 22:58:55","changed_gmt":"2019-03-13 12:56:26","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619164":{"id":"619164","type":"image","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: Ethos Medical","body":null,"created":"1552431569","gmt_created":"2019-03-12 22:59:29","changed":"1552431569","gmt_changed":"2019-03-12 22:59:29","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235698","name":"ethos.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ethos.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ethos.png","mime":"image\/png","size":466326,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ethos.png?itok=p5vbPs1-"}}},"media_ids":["619164"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:snorris@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}