Med device entrepreneur wins RI Biz Plan contest

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Brown University engineering lecturer and entrepreneur Kipp Bradford took home top honors at the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition for his emergency cooling system aimed at first-responder ambulances.

The competition, held Wednesday at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, included 48 presenters giving 90-second business pitches to a panel of judges for a stake in the $1,000 total in cash prizes for the top nine pitches.

Bradford’s winning pitch was for his KippCool Medical Cooling System, which is currently in production and intended to aid heart attack and stroke victims.

Rounding out the top nine positions, other than Kipp Bradford are the following, from the Rhode Island Business Plan Competition results:

    * Jeffrey Aghjayan, of Providence, who presented the Espalier Hybrid Vegetative Green Roof Solution, a rooftop gardening system that address weight and heat gain issues.
    * Martin Akhavan, of Baltimore, who pitched Innovostics, a low-cast test to determine the cause of infection in children in poor areas around the world.
    * Brielle Friedman, a Brown University student, who pitched BodyRox Fitness, pitched BodyRox Fitness, a dance fitness company.
    * Michael Kelso, of Providence, for VitalNotes, web-based software that will allow physicians and hospitals to spend more time focusing on their patients’ needs.
    * Han Lee, a Brown University student, who spoke about GLS Mobile Board, a solar-powered mobile display that will project on location-specific billboards, including the backs of trucks.
    * Kristen Legge, a student at the University of Rhode Island, who spoke about Easy Island, which is making all-natural, 100 percent biodegradable and compostable plates and other dinnerware.
    * James McGinn, a Brown University student, who pitched JCD Wind, which aims to make seamless, high strength lightweight carbon fiber turbine blades.
    * Daniel Russo, of Cedar Grove, N.J., who presented The Shopping List Bag, an innovative, patent-pending solution to reusable bag forgetfulness.

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