Funding

This study was funded by a Mitacs Entrepreneur-Accelerate Program grant (No. IT 26655). This program funds student and postdoctoral entrepreneurs to further develop the research or technology at the core of their start-up business by way of internships in collaboration with a university, professor and approved incubator. In this study, the total study funding was $15,000 CAD and was provided through Mitacs to the university (University of Toronto) for the professor (Elham Dolatabadi) to administer for the student/intern/entrepreneur (Allan Kember) and the study expenses related to the company’s (SBI) technology under the supervision of the incubator (Health Innovation Hub). Mitacs provided 50% of the study funding. Mitacs’ contribution to the grant was matched by SBI, which provided the remaining 50%. Mitacs had no role in the study design; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication data. However, SBI with the oversight of the University of Toronto had a role in all these aspects via Allan Kember and Elham Dolatabadi.