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>> I foresaw the opportunity and pretty nice paycheck to come
to Purdue for the opportunity to be a career entrepreneur
and to take ideas and products to market.
Since I was a small kid, the only thing I've ever wanted
to do was be an inventor.
Now, this kit right here has one major flaw.
The person who's been trained to do this injection, the diabetic,
will be passed out on the floor when they need it the most.
So we've invented a kit that is simple enough
that anyone can use it just be removing the cap
and compressing the side of injection.
The needle comes out of the device and back into the device,
retracting itself after use.
It's a safe, sterile and effective way
that is compact enough so that anyone
who needs an injection can carry it with them.
Also, the beauty of our technology is
that it's simple and elegant.
The two chambers allow for the drug to be held in solid form,
which eliminates the need to refrigerate the drug compound.
Now, this has lots of broad applications,
including glucagon rescue, which is a condition
that affects all 20 million diabetics in the United States,
and potentially 150 million diagnosed diabetics worldwide.
Now, this condition causes a diabetic to pass out,
go into a coma, potential to have a seizure, or even die,
as in the case of 2 to 4% of diabetics,
if they don't get the injection with this kit.
You can use this is in a potentially large,
$350 billion world injectable market.
Anything from hepatitis C drug to a vaccination,
and all the areas in between, including combat medications,
antibody therapies, or cancer medications,
or even snake anti-venoms for campers
who are bitten on the trail.
The sky's the limit of what we come up with next.
All I've ever wanted to do was create and innovate.
And that's why I've been put here on this earth,
and that's what I'm going to be.