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Ortho-Design

At Ortho-Design™ we strive to design and develop new and improved medical devices, which enable medical professionals to provide the ultimate patient care. Ortho-Design™ aims at bridging the gap between innovation, ease of use, and affordability in the rapidly evolving medical field. Our team of specialized engineers works alongside surgeons to create modern and effective healthcare solutions.

Our mission is aligned with South Africa’s need for quality, locally manufactured products that perform at the highest standard to provide the ideal medical as well as industrial solution. Using the

HealthSphere Strategic Consulting

HealthSphere(Pty) Ltd, a 100% black female-owned healthcare consulting company founded by Dr Theo Mothoa-Frendo (MBCHB, MBA) and Hemala Amy Reddy (Bus Man, MBA). Together we bring over 40 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries, both in South Africa and Internationally. We believe that we can be a trusted partner to assist Health Care companies related to the Innovation Bridge to reach market success.

There has been significant changes over the past decade around what we at HealthSphere refer to as the 3P's of Pharmaceutical Market Growth Drivers: Patients

Blood-based Cancer Diagnostic Signature expressed in Serum has the potential for Non-specifically detecting Early-stage Cancer

Background

The nucleus of a cell is central to the well-being of any living organism. It stores and organises information from other cellular components and protects this information. It communicates with the rest of the cell, exchanges RNA and facilitates several important processes.

The nuclear...

Anti-Cancer Combination Therapy with Potential for Reduced Toxicity

Background

Various cancers, including gynecological cancers, are becoming resistant or insensitive to platinum-based chemotherapy and consequently higher dosages are required to be effective. Unfortunately, most of these chemotherapeutic drugs cause undesirable systemic effects such as cardiac or...

Transdermal treatment of type 11 diabetes

This technology relates to the transdermal treatment of diabetes. In particular, to a formulation for the transdermal delivery of the photoactive antidiabetic agent diosgenin that is encapsulated and protected by an oil-in-water nanoemulsion matrix for the treatment of type 11 diabetes Mellitus...

Novel drug combination for the treatment of colon and breast cancers

The innovation is the rational combination of ezetimibe and curcumin for the treatment of colon cancer- which means one can apply a cancer therapeutic, orally. This would have significant value to the African population and solve key issues like the packaging and distribution of chemotherapeutic...

Call For Proposals: Grassroots Innovation Programme

Overview of your opportunity

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) is calling for applications from grassroots innovators looking for funding, technical assistance and support for developing a new product or process up to prototype and proof of concept stage.

Fundable Activities

Closing date

Friday, March 29, 2024 - 12:00

Cancer Cell Propagation Method and Kit: isolating and propagating primary tumor cells from biopsies for long term growth in culture

Background

Immortalized cell lines have been used extensively in cancer biology and as a model system to test the efficacy of vaccines, but their use is becoming increasingly limited because of extensive genetic and phenotypic variations compared to those expressed in cancer patients.

Similarly...

Software-enabled Image Correction Shimming Tool for MRI Scanners

Background

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner applies magnetic fields to a human or animal in order to generate an image of a specific region of the body. Due to a number of internal and external effects, these fields are never completely homogeneous. Distortion of the magnetic fields may...

Intelligent Force Plate Array

Background:

Biomedical studies (e.g., prosthetic development and injury rehabilitation), sports science research, high-performance optimization research and assessments, and bipedal or quadraped movement measurement often require accurate measurement of the forces exerted by the subject being...