The Weil Institute
For Critical Care Research and Innovation

Transforming critical care through innovation, integration & entrepreneurship.

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Fifth Eye’s AHI-PI Demonstrates Ability to Detect Patient Deterioration Prior to Rapid Response Team Events: New Study Published in PLOS Digital Health
Fifth Eye, Inc., a spin-off of the Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, announced the publication of a new study in the peer-reviewed journal, PLOS Digital Health, demonstrating the power of the company’s Analytic for Hemodynamic Instability-Predictive Indicator (AHI-PI) in predicting patient deterioration before a Rapid Response Team (RRT) event. An RRT event occurs when a dedicated team of healthcare professionals is mobilized to respond to a patient's critical deterioration. Detecting patient deterioration early is crucial, as it provides clinicians with more time to intervene, potentially preventing crises, improving patient outcomes, and reducing hospital costs.
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U-M & Michigan Medicine collaboration addresses IV fluid shortage in less than 24 hours
In a rapid response to the dire shortage of intravenous (IV) fluid bags currently affecting hospitals nationwide, investigators from the University of Michigan (U-M) Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation and U-M Precision Health have developed a novel projection model to help U-M Health teams conserve critical medical supplies.
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Weil Institute spin-off InspireRx awarded over $2 million for patient isolation system guarding against airborne infections
InspireRx, LLC., a spin-off company of the University of Michigan (U-M) Max Harry Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation, received over $2 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to support further development of the AerosolVE BioHelmet, a compact negative pressure system for patients with highly contagious airborne respiratory infections such as COVID-19.
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Weil Institute to be Featured at 2024 Celebrate Invention!
The Weil Institute will have a major presence at this year's Celebrate Invention event, hosted by U-M Innovation Partnerships. Dr. Kevin Ward, Executive Director of the Institute, will speak as the 2024 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year. Precision Trauma and RUA Diagnostics, two Weil Institute partners, will display a novel tourniquet and breath analysis technology, respectively.
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Weil Institute executive director named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year
The Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award is the highest honor for U-M faculty members who have developed transformative ideas, processes or technologies and shepherded them to market for broad societal impact.
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Bringing the pediatrics perspective to emergency medicine: Weil Institute interviews incoming EM chair
The Weil Institute sat down with Dr. Mahajan to talk more about his work as a specialist in pediatric critical care, his ongoing research at Weil and what he envisions for the future of emergency medicine for patients of all ages.

Across the University of Michigan, members of the Weil Institute (formerly MCIRCC) are transforming critical care through groundbreaking research. Our unique approach uses multidisciplinary team science, big data analytics, specialized funding sources, and tailored commercialization pathway plans to push research from the bench to real applications in patient care.

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Collaboration is at the heart of the Weil Institute. There is much we can achieve together that we could never do apart. We are always looking for folks who are able to contribute to our mission of transforming critical care through innovation, integration, and entrepreneurship. 

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Address: Building 10-103A, North Campus Research Complex, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 

Email: weil.institute.info@umich.edu

Phone Number: 734 647 4751