Accelerator Program Client Avenir Medical's device in action at Mount Sinai

Donning surgical scrubs on Monday, Dec. 16, Armen Bakirtzian stood in an operating room at Mount Sinai Hospital and held his breath.

Orthopedic surgeon Allan Gross was handling a device, which Bakirtzian initially designed as his final-year university design project.

After five years of work, and various iterations, it would finally be used for the first time in a patient — to help guide the placement of an artificial hip.

“It was a thrill for us, seeing our product used in a live OR,” said 28-year-old Bakirtzian, whose devices had first been tested in cadavers. “It was a dream we were picturing for years.”

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