Revolutionizing Respiratory Care: Linshom Medical's Journey to Innovation and Recognition

In this episode of BioTalk, host Rich Bendis welcomes Ric Hughen, CEO of Linshom Medical, and Talia Feldman, Software Engineer at Linshom Medical, to discuss their groundbreaking advancements in respiratory monitoring technology. As the main winners of the 2024 Crab Trap Competition at the 10th Annual BioHealth Capital Region Week, Ric and Talia share Linshom's mission to improve patient safety through their innovative and accessible respiratory monitoring devices. Ric explains how Linshom is addressing critical gaps in respiratory monitoring by bringing operating-room-quality data to patient bedsides and homes. Talia shares insights from the engineering side, highlighting the challenges and breakthroughs in developing reliable and user-friendly technology. The conversation explores Linshom's roots in the BioHealth Capital Region and how its partnerships and resources have been instrumental to the company's growth. Talia reflects on her experience presenting at the Crab Trap Competition, and Ric discusses how this recognition aligns with Linshom's broader visibility and growth objectives. Looking ahead, Ric and Talia provide a glimpse into Linshom's future, including upcoming milestones and advancements that promise to further revolutionize respiratory care. Don't miss this episode filled with innovation, collaboration, and a vision for transforming patient safety. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Richard Hughen's thirty years of medical device experience spans three Fortune 500 and three start-up companies with two successful exits to date. He is currently CEO of Linshom Medical, a start-up that is first to deliver operating room quality respiratory data to the patient bedside and home. Ric was an investor and member of the executive team that built start-up CSA Medical, from a technology license (U.S. Navy) through product development, animal trials, clinical trials, five FDA clearances, CE mark, three rounds of funding ($50M), commercial growth and a 2019 sale to Steris. Ric was Managing Director of LearnWare, a life science focused e-learning start-up, which was successfully built and sold to a private equity fund. He is currently a reviewer for the National Science Foundation's SBIR/STTR program, an Entrepreneur in Residence for Johns Hopkins Tech Ventures, an advisory board member of George Mason University's Bioengineering Alliance and a site miner for TEDCO at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Earlier in his career, Ric led various senior management, marketing, training and sales teams for Johnson & Johnson, BD, Abbott and Cordis. Ric holds MBA and BS degrees from The Pennsylvania State University. Talia Feldman is a software engineer at Linshom Medical, an innovative healthcare technology company at the forefront of transforming respiratory monitoring. Talia received a B.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Delaware. Upon graduation she worked as a software engineer in the Maritime Division at Leidos. Now combining her technical skills with a passion for innovation, Talia supports Linshom Medical's development of providing continuous predictive respiratory monitoring to improve patient care.