The University of Pennsylvania’s graduate program in integrated product design presents the 2016 iDesign Prize Championship. Five teams led by Penn students, narrowed from a field of 31, will compete for $50,000 to bring an innovative product to market. The event will take place Monday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the Upper Gallery of Meyerson Hall. The pitch session will culminate in an awards ceremony and public reception; admission is free.

• Animotion: Peter Gebhard, Feini Qu, Brendan Stoeckl, Laura Taddie. Despite the rapidly increasing number of knee surgeries in the US, there is insufficient patient-clinician communication during joint rehabilitation. Animotion’s solution is a wearable device and mobile platform that allows patients and healthcare providers to track joint function.
• HINT: Monica Butler, Alicia Siman, Yichen Huang. HINT is a “smart pouch” designed to help young girls be prepared for their first period and manage those following. HINT knows when a girl is on her period and reminds her before she gets it next so she can always be prepared with her supplies. HINT aims to replace embarrassment and shame with empowerment through a global community of girls supporting girls.
• Lilu: Clementine Gilbert, Sujay Suresh, Adriana Vazquez, Allie Looney. Lilu is a dual-purpose nursing and pumping bra that automates breast compression and increases the efficiency, output and comfort of using a breast pump for working mothers and mothers with concerns about their breast milk supply. Lilu lets mothers focus on being productive, being with their baby or just relaxing.
• RightAir: Jake Brenner, Chris Polster, Perry Dubin, Mike Sims. Millions of Americans feel like they are suffocating when they do the simplest activities as a result of COPD (emphysema), making it the second leading cause of disability in the US. RightAir’s AIR-AD is a portable respiratory assistance device intended to help COPD sufferers finally breathe easy again.
• SelfCerve: Divyansh Agarwal, Lindsey Fernandez, Harvey M. Friedman, Sonya Davey, Alex Kubo, Mark Yim. If diagnosed and treated early, cervical cancer is highly curable; however, one billion low- and middle-income women between the ages of 21 and 65 globally do not have access to cervical cancer screening. SelfCerve stands to revolutionize women’s health in the developing world through an inexpensive, self-administered cervical cancer screening device.