X23DSpine navigation
From imaging to intervention.
Could a new way to navigate
change spine surgery?
Clinical evidence, market analysis, positioning, and a proposed trial for X23D surgical navigation.
Get HappierSurgeons
I help medical device teams turn clinical insight into product strategy, positioning, and launch plans.
Orthopedic innovation
Washington, DC Discover the perspective Conceptual imagery
Washington, DC Discover the perspective Conceptual imagery
01 / The perspective
Close to
the problem.
Clear on
the product.
Clinical proximity changes the questions you ask. Product experience changes what you do with the answers.
The experience behind the workI’ve stood in the operating room. I’ve built the 0-to-1 product. I bring both perspectives to your next device.
20+
Surgical cases supported daily
On-site operating room support
8
Surgical specialties
Covered across those daily cases
40+
Technical issues resolved daily
Hands-on support in the field
33%
All figures documented in the resume Increase in conference attendance
Through targeted product messaging
Experience & education
02 / The discipline
Every device.
A human
perspective.
Explore the anatomy. Inspect the hardware. Connect each component to the product questions behind it.
Explore selected workInteractive device lab
STUDY / 001Lumbar fixation
Explore the assembly0 / 3 inspected
Start exploring
Three components. One connected system.
Select a marker to inspect the illustration and explore a product-design question.
Not patient data, a clinical model, or a device evaluation.
03 / Selected work
The thinking.
In practice.
Product questions, investigated in depth.
Four documents, available in full.
Could a new way to navigate
US 11,937,855 B2Patent analysis
Apifix · Ratcheted spinal device
Understanding what
makes an invention defensible.
A structured reading of claims, prosecution history, examiner statistics, and filing strategy.
Read the analysisMarketing, on paper.
Classroom exercises with fictional products and deliberately fabricated claims.
Seed Spine one-pager
Fictional pediatric implant.
All claims fabricated.
Nikas Industries plan
Classroom exercise.
Figures fabricated.
04 / From definition to delivery
Across the
product
lifecycle.
From a clinical question to a product requirement to the story that gets a device understood.
Explore all experienceTurn customer feedback
into product priorities.
Product requirements and roadmapping: synthesizing customer feedback, prioritizing the roadmap, and defining MVP requirements.
Product requirements & roadmappingBring the right
perspectives together.
Coordinating with engineering, UX/UI, clinical, and sales stakeholders across Learvo, Johns Hopkins practicums, and skeletalPediatrix.
Cross-functional collaborationTranslate product value
into a clear story.
Targeted product messaging helped increase conference attendance by 33%, alongside go-to-market work across Learvo and Johns Hopkins practicums.
Go-to-market & product launchKnow what happens
when the device meets the OR.
On-site surgical sales support during 20+ cases daily across eight specialties, with inventory forecasting and cross-functional project plans.
Surgical sales support
Product Manager and Venture Builder
05 / Aedan Nikas
A personal
stake in
better devices.
A one-in-33-million bone mutation and 3 years of product management explain why I market next-gen technology in the medical field. My targeted product messaging and marketing campaigns increased conference attendance by 33%.
Discovering my strengths, I broke into product management via sales support, leveraging my clinical support background. Following a corporate restructuring, I am currently filling marketing, product design, and other education gaps while at Johns Hopkins.
My distinct areas of expertise include AI-native startup creation, cadaver dissection, sterilization of devices, physician-innovator networking, advanced learning science, and the almighty Microsoft Office.
Connect with me to revolutionize the medical device industry.
Have a device worth building?
Let’s find its
way forward.
Send me the device and where it is stuck.
I will tell you how I would position it.