Motion-Powered Electroactive Wound Dressing to Support Healing of Venous Leg Ulcers in Place (SparkHeal by RaiCare)

Speaker: Kanishk Rai

Bio: Kanishk Rai is a UCLA bioengineering PhD candidate and founder of RaiCare, developing SparkHeal, a self-powered electrical stimulation patch for chronic wounds. Before UCLA, he spent four years at Honeywell, leading a 25-member team in building automation and service operations. At UCLA, he moved into bioelectronics research and founded RaiCare to translate that work into wound care. He has led the company’s exclusive UCLA licensing, conducted more than 120 stakeholder interviews through NSF I-Corps, and built clinical collaborations to prepare SparkHeal for human feasibility studies. He holds an MS in Bioengineering from UCLA, a BE in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from BMS-CE (India), and completed UCLA’s Biodesign Fellowshi.