--- description: Find out why SurgiBox SurgiField is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: SurgiBox SurgiField: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84710f4ece6a3e23/698a4183457a521cc0d68128/best-inventions-2023-sugibox.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # A Battlefield OR SurgiBox SurgiField by [Chris Stokel-Walker](/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  In war, injuries can’t always be treated in a sterile operating theater. “We offer high-quality care and safe surgery at the point of need,” says Debbie Teodorescu, founder of MIT spinout SurgiBox. Its SurgiField system is a three-part, battery-­powered surgical environment: a bubble inflated from a backpack and pumped with fil­tered air. SurgiBox has donated dozens to Ukraine’s army; the country’s military says they’ve saved at least 31 lives. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324387/surgibox-surgifield/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324387/surgibox-surgifield/"},"headline":"A Battlefield OR","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:11:02.366Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324387/surgibox-surgifield/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84710f4ece6a3e23/698a4183457a521cc0d68128/best-inventions-2023-sugibox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84710f4ece6a3e23/698a4183457a521cc0d68128/best-inventions-2023-sugibox.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324387/surgibox-surgifield/","name":"A Battlefield OR"}}]}] ```