The Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) announced the winners of the 2025 Patient Safety Technology Challenge Grand Awards at CES® 2025 in Las Vegas, recognizing innovative solutions that enhance patient safety in healthcare. Among the notable runners-up was Reel Free, a team from Michigan State University that previously won a Challenge-sponsored award at ASU in 2024. ReelFree developed the Reelmate Remote, an innovative motorized device designed to manage oxygen tubing in home healthcare settings, and were recognized as the 2024 MSU Student Startup of the Year at the annual MSU Innovation Celebration. The competition featured over 700 patient safety teams nationwide, with top honors going to SoundPass Medical, Bloom Surgical, and Elythea, each receiving $7,000 for their groundbreaking healthcare solutions that address critical safety challenges in neurosurgery, laparoscopic procedures, and pregnancy complication prediction. To read the article, click here.
About the MSU Innovation Center:
The MSU Innovation Center combines research partnerships, technology transfer, and startup support for MSU faculty who aim to see their research applied to make the world a better place.
Composed of Business Connect, MSU Technologies, and Spartan Innovations, the MSU Innovation Center aims to amplify the impact of faculty research and drive economic growth while positively impacting society to solve real-world challenges with cutting-edge ideas.
Through mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships with the private sector, we connect MSU faculty with companies for corporate-sponsored research collaborations. We also play a key role in facilitating the commercialization and public use of technologies and copyrightable materials, moving MSU’s innovations from the lab to the marketplace. Importantly, we provide significant support for faculty entrepreneurs in establishing startup companies based on technologies developed at MSU.