Phil Hipol

About

Phil has had a long career as an engineer for a variety of public and private institutions including being the former engineering director of the USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS). He was part of the team that won the annual Cade Museum Prize competition in 2012 for the invention, known as “eCath.” eCath is an electronic device with sensors and a microphone that can be attached to any type of catheter and wirelessly communicate information from sound waves inside the body to a computer, even an iPad. Derived from military and intelligence applications, the technology has the potential to greatly improve healthcare in labor and delivery monitoring, cardiovascular and pulmonary monitoring, and the detection of organ damage during surgery.