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Six Gulf Coast companies are among 16 finalists for the $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation.
The sixth annual statewide competition for early-stage inventors and entrepreneurs in Florida is named for Dr. James Robert Cade. A medicine and physiology professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Cade invented Gatorade. The Cade Museum, according to a release, is scheduled to open later this year, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the invention of Gatorade.
The six area finalists, listed alphabetically, include:
Didrick Medical, Naples: Firm is behind an artificial finger assembly designed specifically for partial finger amputees;
Dock-N-Lock, Osprey: Company created a safe-driving system that prevents cell phone distraction with commercial truckers;
Innovatia Medical Systems, St. Petersburg: Wireless network devices used in minimally invasive surgery;
Hemolix, Tampa: Smartphone based platform for early detection of pregnancy complications;
KynderMed, St. Petersburg: A sleep mask that enables women at risk of preterm labor to forestall delivery;
PureMolecular, Tampa: Genetic sensor for seafood authenticity.
Tampa-based wastewater technology firm BioRenew won the prize last year for its NEWgenerator invention. The goals of the prize, according to the release, are to provide seed capital and publicity for great ideas with market potential. The top health care entry this year also will receive $10,000 in cash from the Vision Fund in Ocala.
The museum received 85 entries. The winner will be announced at an event the evening of May 16.
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