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President’s Innovation Challenge

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Adaptilens

Developing the first and only intraocular lens that responds to the eye's natural signal to focus, thus eliminating the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
Aurie

Building a reusable, intermittent catheter system to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people living with urinary retention.
Beacon Bio

Improving hearing and healing by restoring eardrums with regenerative grafts.
Chaku Foods

Creating wealth for smallholder farmers in Africa while minimizing climate risk.
Coding it Forward

Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists by creating new pathways into public interest technology.
EndoShunt Medical Inc.

Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
Limax Biosciences

Treating internal and external injuries with a stretchable adhesive hydrogel.
Manifold Bio

Designing tissue-specific medicines in living systems from the start by combining high-throughput in-vivo studies with AI-guided protein design.
My Dental Key

An online platform that helps students learn clinical and preclinical dentistry.
PerioSense

Making early diagnosis of gum disease more accessible and efficient while saving time and money for patients and providers.
SurgiBox

Making surgery safer for both patients and healthcare providers around the world through innovative technology, co-developed with users and centered around patient needs.
Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.

Transforming the discovery of novel drugs addressing targets in the GPCR family.
The Apprentice Project

Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to provide personalized learning experiences and support to students across India.
THRIVE!

Building a software platform that helps state and local government agencies—including school systems—create budgets that mitigate disparities experienced by low-income residents and people of color.
Transcera

Transforming chronic disease treatment through improved biologic drug delivery.
Tuverl

An app that makes public transport cheaper and more accessible to millions of commuters across Africa.
Umbulizer

Developing a reliable, low-cost, and portable device that can provide continuous ventilation to patients.
Vacuum-Assisted Wound Therapy Affordable For All (VATARA)

Providing low-cost, negative pressure wound therapy for everyone.
Vincere Health

Vincere Health was acquired by RVO Health. The company developed a healthcare technology platform to motivate people to smoke less, walk more, and live healthier lives.
X-COR Therapeutics

Creating the first commercially-available extracorporeal CO2 removal device that uses ultra-low-blood flow to treat patients with hypercarbic respiratory failure.

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