4 March 2024
For 50 years, the practical and innovative approach of ÉTS has driven the student community to push the boundaries of engineering, innovate and create solutions that make a difference in the real world.
Puzzle Medical Devices was born as part of an entrepreneurship course at ÉTS in 2018 and is a concrete example of the success of ÉTS students. The company has come a long way since its inception! The company’s flagship medical device, a minimally invasive cardiac pump, received its first Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in January 2021.
This success boils down to the hard work of the company’s three co-founders: Jade Doucet-Martineau, an ÉTS mechanical engineering graduate, who co-founded the company with François Trudeau, an ÉTS robotic engineering graduate, and Gabriel Georges, now an internal medicine resident in Sherbrooke. The three young students had to overcome many obstacles along the way, not least of which was being taken seriously.
Clearly, the company has proven that it’s the real deal! Investors from Canada, the United States, and Europe came knocking on their door, and a world-renowned interventional cardiologist joined the team as Medical Chief.
The heart pump designed by these three young entrepreneurs now stands as a beacon of hope for the 26 million patients worldwide who struggle with heart failure.
Jade, François and Gabriel have succeeded in creating a successful business in the health sector. Thanks to their bachelors’ in mechanical engineering and automated production engineering with a specialization in health technology, as well as entrepreneurship courses, they acquired the knowledge they needed to innovate and create biomedical solutions.
Since 2003, ÉTS students have also been able to specialize through the master’s in health technology engineering program. This master’s degree offers in-depth training in biomechanics, medical device design and digital health, enabling the ÉTS student community to become an expert in this growing field.
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