Innovation and Catalyst Challenges
- Lauren Donahoo
- Sep 17, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 19, 2025

The predecessors of Three Lakes 12-20 conducted 2 challenges to develop solutions to the many challenges that PF patients and their families face.
Winners of these challenges include:
Advanced Interactive Response Systems (AIRS), LCC to develop oxygen safety and monitoring products for IPF patients
Level Ex. Inc. to train doctors to detect and treat the disease:
Owlstone Medical to develop a breathalyzer for disease diagnosis
PatientMPower to help patients better manage their treatment
OxyGEN for a novel portable oxygen concentration
Sydney Montesi for her use of positron emission tomography (PET) to detect early changes in the lungs
RecoverX for the use of AI to improve time to diagnosis
Adair Health for a portable device to measure vitals.

