CoapTech in the News
CoapTech and Cook Medical launch co-training event May 17th at Ohio State University
Training will focus on Percutaneous Tracheostomy (Cook portion), Ultrasound Gastrostomy (CoapTech portion), and a “Benefits of Concomitant Tracheostomy + Gastrostomy” session. Click "Learn More” button below for more details and to register for the limited-space course.
CoapTech wins best-in-show award at SCCM Innovation Showcase!
February, 2025 - CoapTech wins top prize at the SCCM Critical Care Innovation Incubator event at the 2025 Congress for Best Poster Presentation - “The PUMA System and Ultrasound Gastrostomy: Reducing ICULOS, Hospital Cost, and Complications”
CoapTech wins 2024 BioBuzz Award for Breakthrough Life Science Company of the Year!
February, 2025 - "CoapTech is sincerely grateful for this recognition from BioBuzz,” stated Howard Carolan, CEO. “We have been working diligently with our amazing team to keep advancing our PUMA products, finding new hospitals and new partnerships to bring our devices to the patients that can really benefit from them. Thanks to our team members for their dedication and the community for recognizing our efforts!"
CHOP and PUMA-G Pediatric Device win the Pioneers Award for Best Scientific Paper @ SPIR 2024
October, 2024 - “This is awarded for the best scientific paper presented at the annual meeting in honor of pioneering innovators of pediatric interventional radiology.”
CHOP Presents First-in-children research on the Pediatric PUMA-G System at the Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology (SPIR)
October, 2024 - Dr. Anne-Marie Cahill and her team share first-in-children results showing substantial reductions in radiation, less procedure time (and sedation), and positive experience using the Pediatric PUMA-G system on children @ CHOP.
Landmark Economic Study Published from Jackson Memorial Hospital on Impact of PUMA-G
October, 2024 - Research from Jackson Memorial Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in the USA, finds a $34,000 per-patient hospital cost reduction associated with the use of PUMA-G, driven by significant reductions in ICU Length of Stay.
CoapTech awarded $100,000 MIPS Grant for First-in-humans Clinical Study for PUMA-J device
June, 2024
PUMA-G spotlight in PulmCCM describes benefits of PUG Procedures to ICU Clinicians and Patients
April, 2024
PUMA-G featured in CHEST Physician Critical Care Commentary.
January 5, 2024 - “a procedure that will undoubtedly benefit patients in the ICU and assist in offloading the operational costs of a significant number of critical care units and their associated organizations.”
Sparrow Hospital (MI) introduces minimally invasive feeding tube procedure using magnets
March 9, 2023
Allina Health’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital first in Minnesota to use new device for feeding ICU patients
November 15, 2022
Jackson Memorial Hospital is First in Florida to Launch New Innovative Procedure to Support Feeding in ICU Patients
October 25, 2022
First in Kentucky: Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy Procedures Performed at The Medical Center at Bowling Green
September 8, 2022
Published Study Results Demonstrate Substantial Length of Stay and Hospital Cost Reductions with Use of CoapTech's PUMA-G System™ for Gastrostomy When Compared to Usual Care Methods
May 11, 2022
CoapTech Receives $50,000 grant from CHOP / Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium to optimize Pediatric PUMA-G device
January 13, 2022
CoapTech Awarded $1.6M Grant from NIH (NIDDK) to Develop and Evaluate Pediatric Gastrostomy System Using PUMA Platform
Nov 12th, 2020
CoapTech PUG System Study For Safer Procedure Performance On COVID-Positive Patients
Nov 1st, 2020
CoapTech Raises $7M in Series B Funding Led by Hunniwell Lake Ventures
August 28, 2020
Dr. Derek Cool (IR, London Health Sciences Centre) Featured in Canadian TV Segment for World’s First Ultrasound Gastrostomy Using CoapTech’s Novel PUMA-G Device
December 17, 2019
CoapTech LLC Awarded $1.2M Grant from NIH to Support Clinical Evaluation and Training for Novel PUMA-G Device
October 21, 2019
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CoapTech and Fidmi Medical to Collaborate on Groundbreaking G-Tube Systems
September 18, 2019
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CoapTech Named a Top 10 Ultrasound Solution Provider by MedTech Outlook
July 22, 2019
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CoapTech among top 50 innovative healthcare companies; selected into accelerator program
June 17, 2019
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CoapTech Closes $3.2M Financing to Launch Initial Sales and Build Clinical Evidence
April 29, 2019
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CoapTech Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Its PUMA-G System
April 29, 2019
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Startup aims to evolve feeding tube insertion as it works toward FDA nod
August 13, 2018
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UMB-born medical device startup raises $2.35 million, moves toward FDA clearance
July 24, 2018
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CoapTech named 2018 Medical Device Incubator Company of the Year for Maryland
June 20, 2018
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How CoapTech turned a feeding tube innovation into a company
December 8, 2016
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CoapTech, LLC, And University of Maryland, Baltimore Set Stage To Commercialize Novel Procedure For Placing Feeding Tubes
November 29, 2016
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