2022 UCSF–Stanford PDC Accelerator Winners

We are excited to announce the winners of UCSF-Stanford PDC Pitch Competition held on October 7, 2022. Thank you to our sponsors (FDA Office of Orphan Products Development through the consortia grant P50FD006424 awarded to our PDC, the Cottrell Foundation and the Hooper Family), pitch judges, and everyone who tuned in to the pitch competition to support the teams!

We are thrilled to announce that we will be distributing $300,000 in funding to the following pediatric device projects:

1st Place $100,000 Platinum Award:

Auctus Surgical Inc. - Dynamic Vertebral Body Tethering System

2nd Place $50,000 Gold Awards:

Navi Medical Technologies Inc. - The Neonav

Stanford University School of Medicine - Vortex Shunt

3rd Place $25,000 Silver Awards:

Lighthanded Enterprises, LLC - LasEar

Neonatal Rescue - Neolife Ventilator

Stork Labs & UC Santa Cruz - Pelican

Myka Labs & UC San Francisco - Elect