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Houston-based medical device company Allotrope Medical Inc. raised a $4 million funding round, the firm announced June 1. Read More →

StimSite provides ob/gyns, general and colorectal surgeons the new ability to use their existing surgical instruments to help locate and identify ureters using electrical stimulation. Read More →

Dr. Albert Huang’s company Allotrope Medical took home the top $50,000 prize for the StimSite technology, which is a smooth muscle stimulation technology that allows surgeons to rapidly and safely identify critical tissue structures, like the ureter, during surgery. Read More →

Houston Business Journal announced that Texas Halo Fund invested $150,000 in TMCx03 alumni company, Allotrope Medical! We’re lucky to have Allotrope’s CEO & FounderAlbert Huang, MD, as our Innovation Strategist. Congratulations, Albert!! Cheers!🥂 http://bit.ly/2Zdh9x0 hashtag#medicaldevice hashtag#innovation hashtag#startups hashtag#Congratulations hashtag#houstontx hashtag#Texas... Read More →

There are three million surgical procedures each year (in the US) in which there is a risk of injuring the ureter, and rates of injury are highest in minimally invasive cases, where up to 30% of OR time can be spent on trying to identify the ureter to spare it from harm. Allotrope Medical has developed an intuitive, battery-operated, single-use handheld device to help surgeons see the location of this hidden part of the anatomy.