About.

Our team consists of young, energized entrepreneurs with backgrounds in biomedical engineering, medicine, and business who are earning their graduate and undergraduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University. The team has also assembled a strong group of advisors with a wide range of experience including start-up/entrepreneurial experience, surgery, medicine and engineering.

Established in 2018

Our team began our journey in the fall of 2018, where our team came together through Sling Health. Sling health is a bio-startup incubator that supports teams in their pursuit of developing solutions to healthcare needs. From there, our team has gathered momentum and developed an alpha prototype of our product and have performed preliminary tests. We are currently in the process of continued market validation and beta prototype development. 

Our Goal

Our company aims to advance the surgeon experience in a way the enhances open surgery outcomes. Our product, the In-Lumino, will have the potential to impact the 1.7 million open abdominal surgeries that are performed annually in the US and the remaining 25 million open abdominal procedures globally. We believe that within the next five years we will obtain a patent for our product, perform regulatory testing and receive FDA clearance. Toward the end of the next five years,  our company will begin our entrance into the market by obtaining a significant share of the open surgeries performed in the Midwest and then expanding towards the coasts. Our long-term goal is to continue developing products that will allow surgeons to perform surgeries to the highest standard. 

Our Team

Cassandra Davis
CEO

She earned her Master’s in Biomedical Innovation from Washington University in St. Louis (WashU). Her undergraduate experience was in a Dual Degree Program, where she earned a B.A. in Management Engineering from Claremont McKenna College and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from WashU. This multi-disciplinary education has prepared her with an extensive skill set to effectively communicate and work with diverse groups of people in both the scientific and business communities. Along with her educational background she has had an internship as an R&D Intern with a small biomedical company called Bio SB Cancer Diagnostics Company. Her engineering background has also allowed her to contribute to the design and development of the product. ​

Jake Eshelman
CTO

 He is also a Dual Degree student who earned a B.S. in Biochemistry from the College of Wooster and is earning his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from WashU. AS the CTO he contributes to the technical/engineering components and the design of the product. He has experience working in research labs and his work has been critical in advancing the design. He also has passion for sharing scientific concepts broadly and hopes to be able to promote the uptake of our product to a wide range of audiences and in a variety of markets. 

Miranda O'Hara
CMO

She is earning her Bachelor's degree in biology from Saint Louis University and is Pre-med. In her role as the liaison she contacts surgeons and hospital staff for interviews and sends surveys to confirm interest in our product.  She also has almost 2 years of patient care experience and hospital volunteering. Her hospital experience has been incredibly helpful when considering the safety of our product and understanding the patient experience.
 

We're Here for You 

Most importantly, our team is driven by a mutual passion to help others and are eager to learn.

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