The University of Utah’s Department of Orthopaedics takes immense pride in the groundbreaking work of researcher Dr. Dustin Williams, along with his collaborators Dr. Nicholas Ashton and Dr. David Rothberg. They have recently been awarded two significant grants from the Department of Defense through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command to advance the development of the Purgo Pouch.

The Purgo Pouch, an innovative refillable drug delivery device originally conceived by Dr. Williams, is designed to sustain local, high-dose drug therapy at injury or surgical sites. This technology, licensed from the University of Utah by Drs. Williams and Ashton through their company, Purgo Scientific, has recently received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA specifically for treating open fracture-related infections. This recognition underscores the critical need for effective solutions in a field where infection rates have remained stubbornly unchanged over the past 40 years.

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