Ataia Medical is a fledgling company that was born out of a senior design project in 2017 by Hebron native Amy Foertsch and some of her classmates at Georgia Tech. A doctor in Atlanta had pitched a problem he regularly encountered in his practice to Amy and her team of fellow students at a conference of young entrepreneurs. The doctor was often unable to communicate with his patients who, because of serious respiratory problems, were being treated with non-invasive ventilation, a therapy that requires a breathing mask over the face. And since the mask was essential for breathing, it […]
