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When Maxim Budyansky, MSE \u201911, and Neil Shah, MSE \u201911, entered the yearlong David E. Swirnow Master of Science in Bioengineering and Design Program<\/a>, they knew they felt passionate about medicine and engineering. But they had no particular idea where those passions would lead them.<\/p>\n

The answer turned out to be deep into the cancellous, or spongy, layers of our bones. In collaboration with three spine surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<\/a>, Budyansky and Shah have invented a device intended to radically improve the process of harvesting autologous bone grafts. Their Connecticut-based startup, Avitus Orthopaedics<\/a>, received FDA clearance in late 2015 to begin marketing the device, known as the Avitus Bone Harvester<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Autologous bone grafts are used in a wide range of spine, orthopedic, maxillofacial, and dental surgeries. In the procedure, a surgeon scoops out a portion of a patient\u2019s spongy bone and marrow\u2014often from the pelvis, femur, or tibia\u2014and transfers the material to the site of a fracture or to a bony void, to aid in the healing and regeneration process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe traditional method of harvesting bone grafts is inefficient for the surgeon and creates complications for the patients,\u201d says Budyansky, who is the firm\u2019s chief technology officer.<\/p>\n

Where the traditional technique requires the surgeon to repeatedly make small scoops through a large incision, Budyansky and Shah\u2019s device is suction-based and minimally invasive.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur technology enables surgeons to harvest large volumes of cancellous bone and marrow through a simple and efficient approach that\u2019s minimally invasive to patients and efficient for surgeons,\u201d Budyansky says.<\/p>\n

Shah, the firm\u2019s CEO, says that he had no expectation of founding a startup when he entered the Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had an entrepreneurial itch,\u201d he says, \u201cbut I didn\u2019t see myself jumping in with both feet so early. At the end of the program, Maxim and I both secured some job offers, but we did some soul searching and decided that we truly believed in what we\u2019re trying to achieve here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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