UMB startup seeks investors to bring technology to...

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Dr. Steven Tropello of the University of Maryland School of Medicine realized the need for a new technology while working in the emergency department. A patient came in one evening needing a feeding tube replaced. Tropello was unable to coordinate the procedure, which required a specialist, the use of expensive endoscopic technology and an operating environment. Eventually he had to admit the patient to the hospital overnight, and decided there had to be a better way to do things. CoapTech is a…