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The SAVER™: a Novel CPR Adjunct

The Problem

There are over 650,000 cardiac arrest cases per year in the United States, 90% of which end in fatalities. Of the surviving population, only 9% of them survive without neurologic impairment. CPR is a technique that has not changed much since its inception in the 1960s, and while education initiatives and technological advances (e.g. the AED) have occurred in this space, there has been little change to the standard of care.

How might we improve CPR outcomes through the development of a non-invasive, user-friendly CPR adjunct device to be deployed during CPR?

Our Solution

The SAVER™ is a novel, patent-pending CPR adjunct device that aims to improve CPR outcomes through preferentially redirecting blood perfusion to key areas of the body. Preferentially perfusing key organs such as the heart and brain will increase chances of survival and reduce the potential for neurologic impairment. The SAVER™ is easy-to-use and can be applied to the patient without interrupting current standard of care. The device can be deployed both in the field and in hospital settings, and will ultimately be found wherever an AED is stored.

Research Strategy

The SAVER™ Team is currently engaged in iterative product development at the Medical University of South Carolina. A pilot study in pig models as well as a clinical trial on healthy human controls have also been conducted to validate our proof-of-concept.

Next steps include pursuing a larger research study in partnership with South Carolina EMS departments to validate the SAVER™’s viability, usability, and feasibility in the field.

How to Get Involved

Our team is growing rapidly and always looking for new talent, expertise, and collaborators. For more information about how to get involved, please contact us to get plugged in.

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The SAVER™ Milestones

Explore key milestones from each year of the
Heartbeat Tech™ journey

    • Heartbeat Tech™ officially formed

    • The SAVER™ takes 1st place in the South Carolina Innovates Competition

    • Heartbeat Tech™ establishes a collaborative relationship with the Medical University of South Carolina and the Charleston County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS)

    • VentureWell Phase II completed

    • Heartbeat Tech™ is awarded the VentureWell Innovator Award

    • Heartbeat Tech™ wins the Southeastern Surgical Congress Shark Tank

    • US utility patent is filed

    • Proof-of-concept trial on healthy adults begins at MUSC to validate initial hypothesis about the SAVER™’s potential

    • Heartbeat Tech™ becomes a finalist at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) annual conference

    • Heartbeat Tech™ is featured at a podium presentation at the AdvanSE Life Sciences Conference

    • A major cardiac arrest large animal study begins at MUSC seeking to understand the impact of the SAVER™ on cardiac arrest physiology

    • Heartbeat Tech™ is named a 2022 InnoVision Awards finalist

    • Heartbeat Tech™ is featured in General Surgery News

    • Heartbeat Tech™ establishes partnership with Datum3D and begins small scale production of the SAVER™.

    • Heartbeat Tech™ develops the 6th iteration of the SAVER™ device

    • Heartbeat Tech™ begins engagement with the South Carolina Department of Public Health for EMS trials of the SAVER™ device

    • US provisional patent application filed and accepted for the SAVER™ technology.

    • High Innovation High Reward grant awarded

    • Members of Heartbeat Tech™’s team win the MUSC Student Innovation Week Pitch Competition

    • VentureWell Phase I completion

    • XLerate Health accelerator program completion

    • Heartbeat Tech is featured in the widely read Post and Courier newspaper, marking a time of explosive exposure in Charleston, South Carolina

    • Data from the proof-of-concept study on healthy adults was published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine

    • Heartbeat Tech™ develops the 2nd iteration of the SAVER™ device

    • Heartbeat Tech™’s large animal study showed incredibly promising data, which was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association

    • Heartbeat Tech™ initiates SAVER™ training demos and user interviews with Charleston County EMS

    • Heartbeat Tech™ is named winner of the SCRA Annual Pitch Competition