About Myogen

Building the prosthetic that low-resource communities actually need.

Founded in 2026, Myogen is an early-stage startup from the University of Waterloo. We design affordable, repairable upper limb prosthetics — built alongside the communities who need them, not for them.

Daniel Xie & Jacob Pfohl

Daniel and Jacob are Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Waterloo. They started Myogen after realizing the engineering problem wasn't the hard part — the access problem was. Daniel leads hardware and clinical outreach. Jacob brings the fabrication depth that turns ideas into things you can hold.

Between them, they have the stubbornness to keep going and the sense to listen before they build.

People who joined because the mission resonated.

Rutv Desai

Software

Owns the software layer — from the website to the data tooling that will matter when field testing begins.

William Wang

Data Science

Building the research and analytics infrastructure that will help Myogen understand its markets, its stakeholders, and eventually its users.

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