Ben Wiley and Sparta Biomedical Impacting Cartilage

Ben Wiley displays Sparta Medical innovation

Professor Ben Wiley was a featured Innovator at the 4th Annual Invented at Duke event on December 12. Ben's company, Sparta Biomedical, is a Triangle-based startup creating a synthetic cartilage platform for implants like knee cartilage repair. Ben (and Sparta) was one of nine featured inventors selected by Duke’s Office for Translation & Commercialization, an entity that not only helps inventors protect their technologies’ intellectual property but also connects the inventor teams with more resources and mentorship, internal to and external to the university. Read more about the evening of innovation here.