Shorya Awtar, an engineer, had an idea for a medical device that could help surgeons perform complex operations inside the body without cutting patients open — and that may be worth billions.
Among academics, the concept won acclaim and recognition. Still, the University of Michigan professor said, he realized that unless he — and other academic researchers — were able to turn their ideas and years of study into actual products that are sold in the marketplace and used, their ideas would forever remain just ideas.
Image: FlexDex Surgical Inc.
