In November, representatives from the company Stryker, a global leader in medical technologies, made a visit to Indian Hills, where they showcased medical models, software, implants, potential career paths, 3D printing, and more. All three University Programs including the International Studies of Business, Science Medical Research, and Engineering and Design attended, offering insight and allowed the students to question outside of their designated career path. For some context, Stryker is a biomedical engineering company that researches and uses the guidance of medical professionals and engineers to develop technologies that can assist in healthcare. This can range from hospital beds to 3D printed implants. During their visit, the Stryker team showed sample prototypes of each product, as well as software, which was able to design 3D printed caps to fill deformities in the skull. The team also explained their own career path, some graduating in hopes of pursuing a career in medicine, but finding that their interests in engineering gravitated them towards working in Stryker and medical devices. 

The students from the programs asked very intuitive questions, introducing the topics of AI as well as the company’s competitors. 

 “It was amazing to see how this company’s groundbreaking technology could have the potential to save lives,” said freshman Sophie Portnoy, a student from the University Program of Science and Medical Research at Indian Hills. It seems Stryker transforms general medicine into an engineer-based cure. 

Stryker comes to show that not all solutions in medicine must be through a reaction or what people may learn from a typical chemistry class. Many solutions involving computational work and material science can change the world of medicine entirely, and even is, as society progresses into the future.