Arbutus Medical
Arbutus Medical designed a simple, yet long-lasting solution: a waterproof, sterilizable cover that allows a non-sterile, powered drill to safely perform surgical bone drilling. After partnering with known brands such as DeWalt, the company designed a line of surgical devices that are FDA-registered, and Health Canada licensed. This is how >>
5 billion people worldwide lack access to safe surgery. Expensive surgical equipment contributes to this lack of access and propagates the burden of injury.
The aggregate of this individual burden of injury has greater social and economic impacts on communities, cities and countries as a whole.
On the global scale, the annual burden of injury exceeds that of HIV / AIDS + TB + Malaria combined (“Injuries and Violence: the facts.” WHO, 2010)