
Innovative start-up Atrility sees growth for its AtriAmp device
Atrility Medical, the innovative health-care start-up company launched by UW Health pediatric cardiologist Nick Von Bergen, MD, has reached several notable milestones during the first half of 2021.

Taking the ‘pain in the neck’ out of performing surgery
Joshua Mezrich, MD invented a simple, yet powerful device to illuminate the surgical operating area without heavy head-mounted lights.

New UW-developed, arrhythmia-visualization device may save lives, prevent strokes and save hospitals money
Nick Von Bergen, MD, and his team have invented a device that supports clear, continuous displays of atrial signals in real time.

Technology solution aims to extinguish provider burnout
Joel Buchanan, MD has assembled a team of experts from six academic centers nationwide to create the knowledge bases that will allow an EHR to automatically sort information related to medications, labs, imaging, procedures, clinical notes and hospitalizations by condition.

Expanding the reach of life-saving cell therapies
The Program for Advanced Cell Therapy (PACT) provides targeted cell therapies for tough-to-treat conditions. Jacques Galipeau, MD spotted an opportunity to get the program’s discoveries to more patients more quickly.