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Maria Bennett Kept One Graduate-School Idea Alive for 28 Years. Then Came a $650 Million Exit.
Founder · Executive · Engineer

Maria Bennett Kept One Graduate-School Idea Alive for 28 Years. Then Came a $650 Million Exit.

A wheelchair project, a thesis, two acquired companies and one stubbornly durable question shaped Maria Bennett's route from an Indiana marching band to a Cleveland medtech exit.

maria-bennett · spr-therapeuticsRead →
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The 60-Day Nerve Stimulator That Turned a Cleveland Thesis Into a $650 Million Exit
Health · Hardware · Enterprise

The 60-Day Nerve Stimulator That Turned a Cleveland Thesis Into a $650 Million Exit

Maria Bennett noticed that an experiment built to restore movement was doing something patients valued more: easing pain. SPR spent the next 16 years turning that side effect into a temporary implant, a reimbursement machine, and a $650 million Medtronic acquisition.

peripheral-nerve-stimulation · pain-managementRead →