Start-up Companies
Alung Technologies
This start-up is developing an artificial lung device to provide respiratory support to people with acute breathing problems. Some of its development efforts are based on University technology.
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Cohera Medical Inc.
Cohera Medical Inc. is based on a line of tissue adhesives for soft tissue and bones developed in a collaboration among the Dental school, Bioengineering and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Initial marketable uses will include post-surgery reduction of fluid accumulation for abdomino-plasty.
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Cardiorobotics Inc.
This company is developing advanced, highly articulated robotic probes that are tele-operated and can operate along a nonlinear pathway. The probes are being designed for use in minimally invasive surgeries, beginning with cardiac surgery. Pitt’s technology contribution to the effort includes a system and method for the functional exclusion of the left atrial appendage of the heart. Marco Zenati, an associate professor of Surgery at the University, is a co-founder of the company and serves as chairman of the company’s scientific advisory board.
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Almedtrac, Inc.
Almedtrac, Inc. is based on a comprehensive Web-based system for managing clinical trials, developed by Richard Engberg in Pitt’s School of Nursing. The system, called R-Trac, integrates subject tracking and instrument data management systems and also includes a scheduling system, reminder system and a subject randomization component, among other features.
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AT Sciences, LLC
AT Sciences, LLC is dedicated to matching people with appropriate assistive technologies to meet their needs. The company’s in-house development projects include development of smart wheelchairs and personal assistants. Its services include consulting on assistive technology development, evaluation, and training.
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Logical Therapeutics, Inc.
Logical Therapeutics, Inc., was started by Carolyn Green, former director of the University’s Office of Enterprise Development, Health Sciences, and Mitchell Fink, a professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine. The company, now based in Waltham, Mass., is developing several drugs, two of which were licensed from the University, for the treatment of diseases that form abnormalities in the inflammatory process.
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Tego, Inc.
Tego, Inc., is based, in part, on an option by the start-up for a novel system for harvesting radio-frequency energy using multiple-antenna technology that enhances the memory capacity of passive RFID tags. The development team, all from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, included Marlin Mickle, Alex Jones, Raymond Hoare (formerly of Pitt), Tom Cain, Leo Mats, Minghong Mi, and Swapna Dontharaju. The company is located in Waltham, Mass.
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NanoLambda Inc.
NanoLambda Inc., based on unique sensor-chip technology developed in Pitt’s School of Engineering that provides a chip-sized spectroscope using nano-scale light waves. Potential uses: mobile, wearable, non-invasive glucose monitors or tiny devices for detecting toxic gases, among a wide range of other uses. The start-up is located in the University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center in Harmarville.
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Neograft Technologies (2009)
This start-up is based on new devices developed by a team of University researchers that provide controlled temporary structural support to veins used as arterial vein grafts in cardiovascular surgery via a novel, electrospun polymer wrap.
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Lipella Pharaceuticals Inc.
Lipella Pharmaceuticals Inc., based on an innovation developed by a group of Pitt research faculty and others that allows for the use of lipid-based compositions as prolonged drug- delivery vehicles for treating bladder inflammation, infections and cancer, among other disorders.
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RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc.
RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., is a genomics-based diagnostics company whose complex testing resolves indeterminate and misdiagnosis, as well as the over-and-under treatment of cancer.
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Astrobotic Technology Inc.
Astrobotic Technology Inc. is a 2007 spin-off of Carnegie Mellon that is focused on the Moon: performing robotic exploration, delivering payloads and providing on-surface services for space agencies. Its initial goal is winning the $20 million Google Lunar X Prize by sending a robotic rover to the Apollo 11 landing site.
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Carnegie Learning
Carnegie Learning, established in 1998 by Carnegie Mellon researchers, is a leading publisher of research-based math solutions for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students. Its computer-based math curricula provide differentiated instruction to 500,000 students in nearly 2,600 schools across the United States.
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Carnegie Speech
Carnegie Speech is the premier developer of software for assessing and teaching spoken language skills. Using state-of-the-art speech recognition and artificial intelligence technologies licensed from Carnegie Mellon, Carnegie Speech enables cost-effective, scalable and personalized spoken-language instruction that maximizes training effectiveness and minimizes training time.
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Conviva Inc.
Conviva Inc., employing technology developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and the University of California, Berkeley, enables clients such as NBC Universal to reach Internet audiences with video quality that rivals or exceeds that of traditional broadcast TV.
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GigaPan Systems
GigaPan Systems, spun off from Carnegie Mellon in 2009, produces a robotic camera base and accompanying software that enables any digital camera to create huge panoramic images that can be explored interactively on computer.
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Plextronics Inc.
Plextronics Inc., is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics. Spun off from Carnegie Mellon in 2002, its conductive polymer inks can be used with traditional printing processes so that lighting, circuitry and power can be placed anywhere that ink can be placed.
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ReCAPTCHA Inc.
A 2008 spin-off of Carnegie Mellon, ReCAPTCHA aids in the digitization of pre-computer-era books, radio shows and newspapers, including archives of The New York Times. Millions of people each day solve its distorted-text CAPTCHA puzzles, used to protect Web sites from rogue computer programs, and in the process translate old text into a machine-readable form.
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SimOps Studios
SimOps Studios is a team of game and computer simulation developers that is making the editing and sharing of virtual worlds an everyday experience. A 2006 spin-off of Carnegie Mellon, the company’s products include specialized videogames that are used to train firefighters and other first responders.
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dbMotion
dbMotion, a provider of Web-based technology that enables disparate information systems to exchange patient data, is partnering with UPMC to provide comprehensive electronic medical records to clinicians. As a result of UPMC’s collaboration with and investment in dbMotion, the company moved its U.S. headquarters to Pittsburgh, where it now employs more than 20 people.
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D3 Radiation Planning
D3 Radiation Planning, spun off from UPMC, enables clinics worldwide to offer leading edge radiotherapy. Through training, consultation, remote treatment planning and other services, D3 has assisted over 170 clinics nationally and internationally and supported the treatment of more than 17,000 patients.
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Omnyx
Omnyx, a new Pittsburgh-based company founded and co-owned by GE and UPMC, is developing digital pathology solutions that will transform diagnostic processes that have relied on glass slides and microscopes for more than 125 years.
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