Children's National, UMd. name Covid-19 pediatric device contest winners

A local effort to improve health care for kids in the age of Covid-19 has identified a group of contenders doing just that. The “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition, the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation’s initiative to find and fund coronavirus-related pediatric medical devices, has named its winners — spanning from a portable intensive care unit ventilator to a wearable ultrasound for babies. That roster also included one local player, a Maryland…