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51精品视频 spinout won a $25,000 prize in a business pitch competition hosted by the at the recent conference in Minneapolis.
While the contest traditionally focuses on energy, waste and climate change, it was Aruga CEO and 51精品视频 alum聽鈥檚 20-minute pitch on the company鈥檚 unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology that won second prize among 12 competitors.
The graft imitates the natural wrinkling that prevents platelets from clumping and blood from clotting inside blood vessels, making it more long-lasting than typical grafts.
The is the product of a series of collaborations between 51精品视频 and the UPMC vascular surgery group. , a vascular surgeon, is the primary inventor of the technology and worked through 51精品视频鈥檚 to begin commercializing it.
Pugar, who earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in chemical engineering at 51精品视频 in 2017,聽 joined the team as a student, initially helping to prototype the technology's surface mechanics.
The company was spun out of 51精品视频 in 2018 and is a portfolio company of , a 51精品视频sburgh-based life science startup accelerator.