Next Step Robotics
The only proven treatment for recovery from footdrop for stroke.
Graduated from the Studio in June 2021, moving to the University of Maryland BioPark. Has received well over $7.5 million in funding from NIH and investors.
MDC client companies
Graduated companies have left the Studio for their own offices. Funded companies have their own management and payroll and operate within the Studio. Companies in the pipeline are working on device designs and funding.
Current as of August 2026
Sonosa Medical
Single session definitive analysis of obstructive sleep apnea.
Became a funded company in June 2021. Has received $3.35 million from DARPA, $375,000 from NIH, and $800,000 from investors.
Surgical Vision Systems
Using automation to reduce errors and costs in sterile processing.
Became a funded company in June 2021. Received a Phase I SBIR contract from the Defense Health Agency in 2021.
Connected Care Systems
Monitoring and alerting systems for those aging in place.
Formed in the Studio in 2018. Developed a novel data analysis tool to estimate length of hospital stay following spine surgery, and is working with the UMD Pepper Center for Older Americans on a system to monitor the safety of persons with dementia and their caregivers.
Vascular Rescue
Significant reduction in vascular access errors and cost.
Formed in the Studio in 2019. Funded by a $703,000 contract with the Henry Jackson Foundation for Military Medicine.
Digital Biosciences
Low cost, portable test for sepsis based on urine for low resource and military settings.
SepsisDx, a portable kit for sepsis classification. Raising a Series Seed round.
Advanced Surgical Design
Innovation in SI fusion operations.
Formed in the Studio in 2019, developing novel tools and technologies to improve spine surgery.
Aerea Medical
VitalMatch.ai, tools for classification and selection of donor organs for transplant.
In the Studio since 2019. Co-founded by Aldo Iacono MD, Director of Lung Transplantation at Northwell Health.
IMERSE Surgical Robotics
Robotic surgery tools for micro-surgery, especially anastomosis.
Autonomous robotic suturing, based on technology from Johns Hopkins University. Raising a Series Seed round.
Modular Matter
Lightweight, low cost, adjustable prostheses and walking boots using meta materials.
Formed in the Studio in 2020. Received a Phase I SBIR grant from NSF in 2021, a $1.2M contract from the Defense Health Agency in 2022, and a Rural Innovation Award from TEDCO in 2021.
Shuriken Medical
Novel feeding tubes for at home and in office replacement.
Formed in the Studio in 2020, based on an invention by three interventional radiologists at the JHU School of Medicine.
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