Tag - Winter Innovations

Top 10 Innovations in Podiatry 2022

Ziad2022-11-25T13:59:45-05:00Each year, Podiatry Today hears from leaders in the world of foot and ankle medicine and surgery about important developments and significant strides being made in the field. EasyWhip Suture (Winter Innovations) uses a patented two-part needle design to simplify and standardize suture techniques for tendon and ligament reconstruction, according to the company website. Citing speed and quality of stitching as crucial to successful repair, Winter Innovations says EasyWhip is the first suture needle designed to provide both of these...

Emerging East Tennessee startups win big at PYA’s 2022 Tom Ballard Innovation Award

Ziad2022-11-25T13:59:58-05:00PYA chief alliance officer Tom Ballard, CEO and president Marty Brown, and the Winter Innovations team held a ceremony to award the 2022 winner of the Tom Ballard Innovation Award at PYA's office in Knoxville on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Read more >>

The 2022 Ballard Innovation Award Competition

Ziad2022-11-25T13:59:58-05:00Winter Innovations selected as a finalist. Read more >>

ETSU College of Business and Technology students provide marketing support for medical device start-up company

Ziad2022-11-25T13:59:58-05:00Continuing to engage with community startups and businesses, the East Tennessee State University College of Business and Technology announced the completion of several marketing projects with Winter Innovations, an East Tennessee-based medical device startup company. Winter Innovations developed an industry-first surgical suture with a specialized patent-protected needle design that dramatically simplifies and standardizes suturing and enables techniques not possible with conventional surgical needles. Its primary application is for orthopedic procedures to repair torn ligaments and tendons, like the anterior cruciate...

See which startups are in Lafayette’s 2021 Get Started Medical Pitch Competition

Ziad2022-11-25T14:00:11-05:00Seven innovative medical startups are vying for $40,000 in cash prizes at this year's Get Started Medical Pitch Competition, which is part of the Innovate South business conference in Lafayette. Each of the seven startups will pitch their product or service in the ""Shark Tank""-style competition to a panel of judges. Past winners include the Tennessee-based Winter Innovations, which won in 2019 for its Easy Whip needle — a new type of needle that makes whip-stitching easier and more effective....

Startups, be ready. Epicenter and SOE’s $10K pitch competition, The Next Big Thing, is back

Ziad2022-11-25T14:00:12-05:00In year one, Phillip Ashley Rix and his company, Phillip Ashley Chocolates, claimed victory. In year two, Lia Winter and her medical device business, Winter Innovations, took the top honor. Now year three is upon us, and the question remains — which local startup will follow in their footsteps, and be deemed “The Next Big Thing?” Called The Next Big Thing, it provides local startups and scale-ups the chance to compete for $10,000, as they make elevator pitches made before...

A Better Surgical Suture: A Development Story

Ziad2022-11-25T14:00:12-05:00The EasyWhip is indicated for use in approximation and/or ligation of soft tissues, including the use of allograft tissue for orthopedic surgeries. It is ideal for repairing torn ligaments and tendons, like the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), Achilles’ tendon, and distal biceps tendon. The EasyWhip’s clearance is the first regulatory milestone for Winter Innovations Inc., the company Winter and Dishner (its chief operating officer) founded in 2018. Shortly before gaining FDA clearance this past spring, the company received a $256,000...

Medical Device Startup Founded by Alumni Receives FDA Clearance

Ziad2022-11-25T14:00:29-05:00 Two University of Tennessee, Knoxville, alumni took an idea for an innovative medical device and developed the product and pitch while enrolled in UT’s MS–MBA program, a dual degree offered through the Tickle College of Engineering and the Haslam College of Business. Lia Winter (’19) and Preston Dishner (’19) developed EasyWhip, a patented surgical needle designed to increase the speed and accuracy of whipstitching in orthopedic reconstruction surgeries. EasyWhip recently received 510(k) premarket clearance from the US Food and Drug...