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Ben and Daphna discuss midline positioning in pediatric care with Dr. Scott, exploring its importance and innovations in medical devices.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Ben and Daphna sit down with Dr. Scott, pediatrician, neonatologist, and inventor of the Tortle. She shares how a simple observation in her Idaho practice, babies developing flat heads despite diligent parents, sparked a second career in medical device innovation. The conversation covers the evolution from the original corrective beanie to the Midliner and Transportal, the physiologic rationale for midline positioning in IVH prevention, and real-world data fr...

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