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What every physician needs to knoW:
Winners of 2016 sxsW health & Medtech
? about the sxsW interactive
festival• TheSXSWInteractiveFestivalisan“incubatorofcutting-edgetechnologiesanddigitalcreativity.”
• TheHealth&MedTechExpoatSXSWhostsexhibitorsandpanelstodiscussdigitalhealth.
• Participatingcompaniesareawardedfortheirinnovativeideas.
• 2016winnersandhonoreesincluded:(http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/about)
1 deskgenby Desktop Genetics
• Agenomeeditingplatformthat“combinestheutilityofaCRISPRtoolwiththeconvenienceofagenomebrowser.”
• Allowsscientisttodesignanygenome-editingexperimentinanycellline.
• Featuresadvanceddatacurationtools,apatent-pendingDNAsearchengine,thelatestmachine-learningtechniques,aswellasregularlyupdateddesignrulesbasedonthelatestpeer-reviewedresearch.
(https://www.deskgen.com)
QuellWearable pain relief
technology2
• 100%drugfreetechnologyandis“wearableintensivenervestimulation,thatisclinicallyproventohelpmanagechronicpain.”
• FDAapprovedforall-dayusewhileactiveandwhilesleeping.
• Wornbelowthekneeandactivatedbyclickingabutton,whichthenblockspainsignalsanddeliversrelief.
(https://www.quellrelief.com)
Murgency(pronounced as em-urgency)3
• Theworld’sfirstemergencyresponsemobileapplicationthataimstomake“emergencyresponseavailabletoanyone,anytime,anywhere–withjustonetaponamobilephone,acrosstheworldby2020.”
• Features:onetouchalertstofamilyandfriends,freeadvicefromMUrgencyNetworkdoctors,homeassistancefromacertifiednurse,andmore.
(http://murgency.com/)
neuroonby Inteliclinic Inc.
• An“intelligentsleepmask”thatmeasuresbiologicialsignalstooptimizesleepandprovideaccurateanalytics.
• Features:lightspectrumtherapytoboostenergy,fourcustomizednaps,jetlagblocker,sunrisesimulation,andbiorhythmadjuster.
(https://neuroon.com/)
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liMbs With loveMeghana Reddy, Founder5
• LimbswithLovecreatesfunctionalprosthetichandswith3Dprintertechnology.
• 3DprintingisaninexpensivesolutionthatallowsLimbswithLovetogiverecipientsprostheticsatnocost.
• Currentlyworkingonbuildingaprosthetichandcontrolledbyelectronicstoincreasefingerfunctionalityandaddsensoryperceptions.
(http://www.limbswithlove.org/)
cancer coMMonsMarty Tenenbaum, Founder 6
• CancerCommons—dubbedthe“LinkedInofCancer”byNewsweek—isanon-profitnetworkofcancerpatients,physicians,scientists,volunteers,andpartners.
• Userscanconnectwithandlearnfromleadingcancerexperts.Dataissharedandcollectedonwhattreatmentswork,forwhom,andwhy.
• CancerCommonscallsitself“thebestsecondopinionavailable.”
(https://www.cancercommons.org)
protection for a neW era of
Medicineabout tmlt:Withmorethan18,000physiciansinitscare,TexasMedicalLiabilityTrust(TMLT)providesmalpracticeinsuranceandrelatedproductstophysicians.Ourpurposeistomakeapositiveimpactonthequalityofhealthcareforpatientsbyeducating,protecting,anddefendingphysicians.www.tmlt.org
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