The Best Inventions of 2023: A Battlefield OR SurgiBox SurgiField

SurgiBox SurgiField. Photo: Time Magazine
SurgiBox SurgiField. Photo: Time Magazine
Time Magazine

Original Time article

In war, injuries can’t always be treated in a sterile operating theater. “We offer high-quality care and safe surgery at the point of need,” says Debbie Teodorescu, founder of MIT spinout SurgiBox. Its SurgiField system is a three-part, battery-­powered surgical environment: a bubble inflated from a backpack and pumped with fil­tered air. SurgiBox has donated dozens to Ukraine’s army; the country’s military says they’ve saved at least 31 lives.


More information

SurgiBox

MIT D-Lab

Contact

SurgiBox, SurgiBox press contact

Nancy Adams, MIT D-Lab Communications Officer

Topics