Kaizen Biomedical, founded UBC Engineering students, Annelies Tjebbes (ECE), Neal O’Grady (MECH) and Mayank Kalra (MECH), and Sauder School of Business Students Derek Li, Jennifer Vlasiu and Stephanie Wilson, with their product MobiChill. Their product placed first in the Enterprize Canada National Business Plan Competition, and the team was awarded a $6,000 prize along with the People’s Choice Award.
MobiChill is “a medical device used to induce therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest patients – a medical treatment that reduces the risk of devastating side effects. The device is portable and provides rapid and controlled cooling in the pre- and in- hospital settings.”
In third place was another UBC team, founded through New Venture Design, Conisys Electronics, with their product PlugPuck. PlugPuck is a “six-way outlet splitter and surge protector that allows easy access to electric outlets in hard to reach places”, the product is expected to “penetrate the North American accessory electronics market in 2013”.
Read more about Enterprize Canada and other UBC teams who made it to the semi-finals of the competition here.