When Dr. Robert Karpman needed a fertile place to germinate a potential cure for billions of dollars wasted on health care, Scranton checked a lot of boxes. The orthopedic surgeon, entrepreneur and Cornell professor from Ithaca, New York, needed somewhere to grow Medi-Trust, a robotic assistant that all but guarantees people who struggle to manage medicine regimens can stay on track. “We considered other places, but we`re really very happy,” he said. His company Geri-Safe, founded in 2014, landed in the Scranton Enterprise Center`s business incubator, where his landlord, an affiliate of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, helped line up the steps to bring his device to market. Karpman...
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