Meet Slimshot®
We developed a compact prefilled syringe that lowers supply chain costs and reduces the environmental impact of prefilled syringes.
Why Slimshot® ?
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Efficient
Our patented design saves up to 40% in packaging volume compared to existing solutions.
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Equivalent
Slimshot® uses an equivalent amount of plastic when compared to current options.
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Compatible
Drop in solution compatible with existing syringe bodies and rubber stoppers on the market.
Problem
Around the world, prefilled syringes continue to grow in demand due to their convenience, safety benefits, sterility, and ease of use. However, the current standard design of prefilled syringes wastes significant space, resources, effort, and money in packaging, sterilization, shipping, and storage.
This means that the improved technology is expensive and inaccessible in many low-resource and rural settings. The primary alternative to prefilled syringes is drawing up solutions from vials and ampoules, which can lead to cross-contamination, accidental needle sticks, wasted medication, wasted supplies, delayed medication administration, and/or inaccurate dosing.
Our Solution
For public health and healthcare workers who use prefilled syringes, we have invented a shorter syringe that reduces the packaging volume by up to 40% when compared to current prefilled syringe options. Standard prefilled syringes come with the plunger fully extended to accommodate the dose of medication.
Our design achieves a smaller packaging footprint by storing the plunger on the side of the device until it is ready for use. To use the syringe, the clinician removes the plunger from the side of the device and installs the plunger into the syringe body using a patented locking mechanism.
Awards
Ingenuity Award
Winner
Harvard President's Innovation Challenge
2nd Place &
People's Choice Award
Dartmouth Entrepreneurs Forum
Harvard SECON 2024
Top 5 Social Enterprise
Harvard University
First Place &
Best Business Plan
UMass Lowell's Clean Green Challenge
Red Dot Design Awards
2026 Red Dot Design Concept
Red Dot
WHO EMT Awards
WHO EMT Innovation Champion
World Health Organization
20 Ones to Watch - Start-Ups Impacting Global Logistics and Transport
CILT International
CILT 2023 Awards
Winner - Rising Star
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Spark Grant
3x Winner
Harvard Innovation Labs
Innovation Grant
Winner
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Other Selected Awards:
Top 100 Startups to Watch & #1 Healthcare Company to Watch (Founders Beta), Best Medical Logistics Innovators 2024 & Excellence Award in Environmental Reduction 2024 (Business Concept), Tech Top 50 & Top 5 Startups of 2025 (Mass Technology Leadership Council), MedTech Innovation Excellence Award & Best Prefilled Syringe Company (Acquisition International).