ASPS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hub
For Medical Professionals
 

Impact

16

Patents

$2.5M

Raised Funds

$10M

Combined Valuation

2

Exits

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons and its member surgeons have made a huge impact through a variety of innovation efforts. This includes over 23 patents securing intellectual property in the medical device, digital health and pharmaceutical spaces and over 25 companies with a combined valuation of more than $10 million. Through our annual pitch competition which takes place at Plastic Surgery The Meeting and our formal partnership with MTI Accelerator, ASPS is committed to identifying our members' most promising innovations and providing the financial support necessary to develop them at-scale.

Network of ASPS Members

Steven H. Williams, MD

Howie Levinson, MD, FACS

Lynn L. Jeffers, MD, MBA

Paul S. Cederna, MD

Scott Hollenbeck, MD

Justin M. Sacks, MD MBA

Aldona J. Spiegel, MD

Sashank Reddy MD, PhD

David T. Greenspun, MD

ASPS Member Companies

PSTM Innovation Challenge

Company/Innovation
Brief Description
Year
ASPS Member Affiliate and Title
Patents
Fingy3D (InterMed Labs) Using a smartphone, get a custom, functional 3D printed finger prosthetic on demand 2022 Tom McClellan, CEO InterMed Labs US20230056134A1
PopSole Customizable off-the-shelf insole for foot pain 2022 Jeffrey Gusenoff, Co-Founder US20220110411A1
Utilizing Chemical Fusogen and a Novel 3D Printed Nerve Coupler to Facilitate Peripheral Nerve Repair Utilizing chemical fusogen and a novel 3D-printed nerve coupler to facilitate peripheral nerve repair 2022 Chen Shen, Co-Inventor N/A
Wireless Infrared Spectroscopy Device for Flap Monitoring Wireless infrared spectroscopy device for flap monitoring 2022 Mitchell Pet, Co-Inventor WO2022087374A1
Nose Perfect Nasal compression device for post-rhinoplasty tip optimization 2021 Paul Chasan,CEO and Inventor US11484430B2
Digitrack Orthopedic machine learning AI platform to track digit arc angles of the hand and wrist 2021 Ravi Viradia, Founder, Axxon LLC US20220189195A1
Micro-Fragmentation and Micro-Grafts Used as Fillers Micro-fragmentation and micro-grafts used as fillers 2020 Jaime Anger, Inventor N/A
WERD LLC Micro Fat Graft Harvesting and Processing Syringe 2020 David Kirn, CEO and Inventor 20190328977
Suturing Enhancing Devices: Semi-Automatic Surgical Needle Retrieving & Reloading Suturing Enhancing Devices: Semi-Automatic Surgical Needle Retrieving & Reloading 2020 Carlos Rivera-Serrano, CEO N/A
Company/Innovation
Patents
Fingy3D (InterMed Labs) US20230056134A1
PopSole US20220110411A1
Utilizing Chemical Fusogen and a Novel 3D Printed Nerve Coupler to Facilitate Peripheral Nerve Repair N/A
Wireless Infrared Spectroscopy Device for Flap Monitoring WO2022087374A1
Nose Perfect US11484430B2
Digitrack US20220189195A1
Micro-Fragmentation and Micro-Grafts Used as Fillers N/A
WERD LLC 20190328977
Suturing Enhancing Devices: Semi-Automatic Surgical Needle Retrieving & Reloading N/A

MTI Accelerator

Company/Innovation
Brief Description
Year
ASPS Member Affiliate and Title
Patents
Sonavex The Sonavex system is designed to enable any member of the care team to collect arteriovenous fistula volumetric flow rate, diameter and depth information at the dialysis clinic to assist with maturation assessment 2020 Devin Coon, Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder US20210219956A1
Ad Vital Ad Vital allows you to build targeted nurture campaigns for specific procedures that send text messages, emails, voicemails and even Facebook messages to convert leads automatically to fill your clinics 2022 Shitel Patel, CEO N/A
LIMAX BIO Limax has developed a degradable flexible, and strong hydrogel with unprecedented adhesion to wet surfaces inside and outside the body 2022 N/A US20210338577A1
Suturegard Skin closure system 2022 Ryan Egeland, VP Medical Affairs and Board Member 10,064,616
10,327,762
10,463,360
10,555,730
11,571,203
D884,171
10,702,262
11,612,388
D983,380
Fingy3D (InterMed Labs) A custom-on-demand finger prosthetic ordered from a smartphone picture and delivered to your home for under $300 2023 Tom McClellan, CEO, InterMed Labs US20230056134A1
Geniphys A first-of-a-kind polymerizable (scaffold-forming) collagen that supports custom design and fabrication of collagen materials for accelerated and improved tissue restoration and regeneration 2022 Andrew Eibling US8512756B2
KMD Surgical Solutions N/A 2022 Adam Katz, Co-Founder N/A
Push2Spin We are developing a totally novel approach to small-volume fat tissue harvesting, processing and transfer that drastically improves efficacy, facilitates the process, saves time and cost 2022 Jeffrey Gusenoff, Co-Founder 3073811A1
Slyke Scaffold wound dressing videoendoscopic cleft palate repair 2022 M. Mark Mofid, Founder, Inventor 20220401614A1
Synova Life Sciences World's fastest fat processing system 2022 John Chi 20150231244A1
2022201872A1
TYBR Health TYBR is developing a naturally-derived hydrogel that can be applied in minimally invasive procedures to protect tissues while they heal after surgery 2022 Tim Keane N/A
WERD LLC A syringe for harvesting and processing fat graft 2022 David Kirn Founder, Inventor, CEO WO2018111550A1
4th Dimension EMR Medical office practice management, EMR software built by a plastic surgeon for ease of use by patients, staff and doctors 2023 Robert Pollack Founder, CEO N/A
Aliform Celluleaf A safer, simpler and more profitable medical device for treating cellulite and scars 2023 Victor Suturin Founder, CEO 2019902470A0
Cellulora Injectable plant-based filler providing immediate bulking effect, biocompatible, doesn't degrade and reversible 2023 N/A N/A
ImmersiveTouch Connecting imaging with real-time surgery, the next-gen image-guided surgery platform 2023 Pat Banerjee N/A
InSoma Bio An injectable gel that can rebuild fat as an alternative to reconstructive surgery 2023 Scott Hollenbeck, Co-Founder, Lead Medical Advisor N/A
Lymphatica Medtech It's the first worldwide permanent implant performing continuous internal lymphatic drainage for chronic lymphedema 2023 Marco Pisano, Co-Founder, CEO N/A
Newrotex Silk conduit with luminal fibres – the first off-the-shelf device to effectively treat nerve injury 2023 Alex Woods, Founder, CEO 2022008920A1
Sayenza Biosciences Democratizing regenerative medicine with fat, the body's largest source of stem cells 2023 Derek Banyard, Co-Founder, President, CEO 20200164374A1
10722540B1
2018217710A1
Tortus AI A next-generation computer interface for clinicians that allows physicians to be liberated entirely from keyboards, forever 2023 N/A N/A
Tucson Plastic Surgery Disposable stencil to mark the areola in breast surgery replacing current less effective instrument 2023 Raman Mahabir N/A
Xironetic AI assistance for craniomaxillofacial and plastic surgery delivered with augmented reality 2023 N/A N/A
Company/Innovation
Patents
Sonavex US20210219956A1
Ad Vital N/A
LIMAX BIO US20210338577A1
Suturegard 10,064,616
10,327,762
10,463,360
10,555,730
11,571,203
D884,171
10,702,262
11,612,388
D983,380
Fingy3D (InterMed Labs) US20230056134A1
Geniphys US8512756B2
KMD Surgical Solutions N/A
Push2Spin 3073811A1
Slyke 20220401614A1
Synova Life Sciences 20150231244A1
2022201872A1
TYBR Health N/A
WERD LLC WO2018111550A1
4th Dimension EMR N/A
Aliform Celluleaf 2019902470A0
Cellulora N/A
ImmersiveTouch N/A
InSoma Bio N/A
Lymphatica Medtech N/A
Newrotex 2022008920A1
Sayenza Biosciences 20200164374A1
10722540B1
2018217710A1
Tortus AI N/A
Tucson Plastic Surgery N/A
Xironetic N/A

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