Learn about medical refrigeration and more happening at Delta!

DDT Nextrio Innovator Award Winner 2023
Sep 29, 2023
We’re proud to announce we were given the Nextrio Innovator award at the Copper Cactus Awards 2023.
From professional culture to products and services –

APRU Monitoring App Updates
Sep 25, 2023
One of our customers’ favorite features of our products is the ability to monitor the temperature, battery, and other features of their device. You’re able

APRU Featured in Ukrainian Tactical Medicine Training
Sep 8, 2023
We were pleased to see the APRU prominently featured in training for tactical medicine in this video for pre-hospital blood transfusions in Ukraine.
We’ve been working

Tucson Team Lead by Leija Donates Life-Saving Devices to Ukraine’s Frontlines
Sep 5, 2023
Partnering with Combat Medics Sergii Rotchuk and Yevhen Chudnetsov, both National Guard of Ukraine Azov Assault Brigade veterans who bravely survived the siege of Mariupol

IAEMSC endorses prehospital blood product transfusion by paramedics to treat acute hemorrhagic shock.
Sep 1, 2023
EMS have been using whole blood to save lives before they even get to the hospital, which is now endorced by the International Association of

Broward Sheriff EMTs first to carry whole blood
Aug 22, 2023
The first in Florida to dedicate themselves to carrying whole blood, Broward Sheriff EMTs started testing a whole blood program in 2021 – helping 73%

Operationalizing Whole Blood in EMS
Aug 21, 2023
Handtevy has released a second video, this time delving deeper into the use of whole blood for resuscitation in EMS. This video includes a quick

“The Greatest Evolution in Trauma Care”
Aug 8, 2023
Recently we saw this video from Handtevy Minute, which discusses “Why the Use of Whole Blood in Pre-Hospital Care is Important, Even in Pediatrics.” We

DDT Winners of AZ Inno Fire Award
Jun 22, 2023
We’re thrilled to share that we were selected as one of the five winners of the AZ Inno Fire Award.
This award is given to startups

DDT Lead Engineer Invited to Speak at the Gathering of Eagles Conference
Jun 20, 2023
While attending the event, our lead engineer Tim Gust was approached for an on-the-spot presentation about the technology behind the Delta ICE 2L, the smart

DDT CEO on Prolonged Field Care Podcast
Jun 7, 2023
On Monday, Delta Development Team’s CEO, Monti Leija, was on the Prolonged Field Care podcast to talk about our products and their vital part in

Desert Angels’ Generous Donation of APRUs to Ukraine
May 26, 2023
Desert Angels and Delta Development Team (DDT) in Tucson, AZ are teaming up to provide life-saving blood storage and transportation technology to the frontline medics

Collaboration Comments from EMS Assistant Chief Justin Reed
May 16, 2023
We were able to send a demo of our newest blood storage product, the Delta ICE 2L, to Justin Reed, Assistant Chief at Cy-Faire Fire

Implementing the APRU into Your Training Exercises
May 4, 2023
We created this quick video from Montgomery Leija, Delta Development Team CEO, to help you to add the APRU into your training exercises. He explains

Then and Now: Blood Storage
May 2, 2023
Look familiar? We think these Cold War era blood coolers (pictured below on the left), located in an underground bunker museum in the Czech Republic,

Chronic Blood Shortage May Soon be Helped by Artificial Blood
Apr 28, 2023
Blood has long been a difficult thing to replicate, though scientists have been trying for years.
Blood is essentially its own organ system, said Philip Spinella.
But

Whole Blood is Best Option
Apr 28, 2023
In an article recently posted on JEMS, they discuss the benefits of using whole blood at the site of trauma:
“Whole blood […] is best. It

Why Timely Blood Transfusions Are Vital
Apr 17, 2023
Recently, Hromadske published an article in which they discussed why transfusion at the point of injury, on the way to the hospital, and at the

Whole Blood for Resuscitation of Patients
Apr 12, 2023
Research is emerging that shows whole blood works better for these patients than fractionated components of blood—a discovery that is catching attention in the worlds

Delta Advanced to Pitch at MedTech Innovator’s Event
Mar 28, 2023
Delta Development Team has been advanced to pitch to our corporate and military partners on March 30 in Baltimore as part of the MedTech Innovator’s

Delta at Operational Medicine Symposium March 28-29
Mar 21, 2023
Delta Development Team and our full line of products will be attending the Operational Medicine Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, next week.
We’ll have demo units

Delta Founders featured in Tucson Innovator Article
Mar 18, 2023
We’re pleased that our founders Montgomery Leija, Bill Barg, and Robert Futch were featured in an article recently talking about the incredible innovation in technology

Why does the APRU have an alarm?
Mar 10, 2023
A question we get fairly often is ‘Why does the APRU have an alarm?’
It’s extremely important to make sure that the contents of the APRU

Delta Expands Environmental Testing Capabilities
Mar 9, 2023
In our efforts to always be ahead of the curve, we have commissioned a new environmental test chamber capable of simulating extreme temperature (-80° F

The Danger of Storing Blood in a Non-medical Refrigerator
Mar 3, 2023
Properly stored blood that is ready for infusion ASAP is proven to be a huge benefit to trauma patients and saves lives every day. This

DDT Selected for Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
Feb 24, 2023
We are delighted to have been selected for the Flinn Foundation’s Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program.
The Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program offers funding, professional support, connections, and

Delta among Finalists for Venture Madness
Feb 20, 2023
We are excited to announce that have been named finalists for the 2023 Venture Madness Conference among 16 other participants, narrowed down from 88 applicants.
The

Austin-Travis County EMS use APRU to teach paramedicine students
Feb 17, 2023
It was fantastic to see these pictures by Austin-Travis County EMS where they were teaching paramedicine students about whole blood programs using an APRU.
Originally seen

Why Don’t EMS/Blood Banks Just Use Camping Fridges?
Feb 13, 2023
While there are options out there to cool your food while you’re travelling away from electricity, there are many reasons why those kinds of tools

APRU Tilt Mode
Jan 27, 2023
To prevent damage to your equipment, the APRU has ’tilt mode,’ which puts the device into safety mode. It helps to maintain your device to

Whole Blood Saving More Lives than Ever
Jan 20, 2023
More studies seem to come out every day about the life-saving efforts of medical professionals around the world, especially about using whole blood quickly to

We Are Blood reviews the APRU for EMS
Jan 10, 2023
A couple of months ago, we sent an APRU to We Are Blood in Central Texas to work with them to ensure we are providing

APRU Testimonial from Austin EMS
Dec 16, 2022
We were delighted to get this great feedback from those saving lives in Austin, TX this week. We’re proud to be providing a tool to

Futch Featured in Small Business Automation Article
Dec 1, 2022
One of our founders, Robert Futch, was featured in an article discussing what automation tools help us as a small business to be as efficient

Drop-Tests to Bring Blood To The Most Austere Locations
Nov 29, 2022
Army drones are dropping packages of simulated blood over the Mojave Desert in an effort to find better ways to rush medical supplies to wounded

APRU Featured in Austin EMS Presentation
Nov 22, 2022
This weekend, there was a great event in Texas for EMS and our APRU was featured in one of the presentations.
We’re proud to be working

Delta Dev Team Finalists in 2022 ARIZONA INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Nov 14, 2022
We’re excited to announce that we are finalists in the 2022 Arizona Innovation Challenge. We’re among the top 15 of all who applied for this

Lessons Learned in Ukraine – Traumatic Injury Treatment
Oct 24, 2022
The surgeons and others helping treat those on the frontlines of the Ukraine war have learned a lot, and they’re sharing their knowledge with the

Southern Arizona Innovator of the Year Award to Delta Development Team
Oct 20, 2022
Our team is thrilled to announce that we have been selected for the Southern Arizona Innovator of the Year. This award is presented to a

Delta Wins MTEC Award, Presents Poster at MHSRS
Oct 18, 2022
As we continue to develop more technology to complement our award-winning APRU portable medical refrigerator, we’ve been acknowledged with awards and funding to help us

Delta as Semifinalists for the 2022 ARIZONA INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Oct 6, 2022
Delta Development Team, Inc. have been chosen as Semifinalists for the 2022 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC)!
We are thrilled to be selected as semifinalists for this

Delta Development Team at MHSRS2022
Sep 8, 2022
We’ll be presenting at booth 606 for next week’s Military Health System Research Symposium – come out and see us!
This event, held at the Gaylord

DDT at Lambda Lambda Lambda Tucson IT Event
Sep 7, 2022
Robert Futch, Delta Dev Team CTO, will be presenting about the life-saving technology developed here in Tucson, AZ.
He’ll be talking about how DDT is leveraging

The World’s Most Compact, Affordable Blood Refrigeration Unit Helps Treat Wounded Soldiers
Aug 24, 2022
Today, we and Xometry were featured on Thomas Insights, where they described how we’ve worked with Xometry to make life-saving devices.
Check out this great article

Mil Standard Devices vs. Mil Standard Parts
Aug 22, 2022
Advertising can make things a little fuzzy when companies talk about the standard that they hold the parts of their products to versus the standard

Why Cerakote for the APRU?
Aug 19, 2022
Delta Development uses the specialized heat transfer coating C-187 supplied by the US manufacturer NIC.
It provides better radiative heat transfer than regular powder coating and

Proudly American-Made
Aug 8, 2022
Delta Development Team is dedicated to delivering top-of-the-line American-Made products to warfighters and civilians alike.
We work hard to source our materials from American suppliers and

JECETS Tests for the APRU
Jul 27, 2022
One thing we find very important at Delta Development Team, Inc. is that we are extremely transparent with our customers and other interested parties. That’s

The APRU at Eurosatory Paris 2022
Jun 21, 2022
The APRU was on display at Eurosatory Paris 2022 and we wanted to share with you some of the great photos we got from this

Delta Development Team Collaboration with CRO
Jun 16, 2022
“When CRO approached us, we felt that they were a trusted brand in the space with excellent products and attention to detail, something we definitely

The Need to Transport Blood Directly to Victims
Jun 13, 2022
A lot can be learned about responding to traumatic events. NBC interviewed some first responders about the Texas shooting to learn more from their experience.
As

Delta in Top 5 Startups Advancing Refrigeration
May 19, 2022
Delta Development Team was included in the top 5 startups advancing refrigeration, announced by StartUs Insights recently.
Out of 336 startups and scaleups analyzed by StartUs

Xometry and Delta Development Team Case Study
May 17, 2022
Nathaniel Miller wrote a great case study looking at the ways that we’ve worked with Xometry to make our APRU, helping us create parts and

Blood Is a Vital Part of the Toolkit
May 13, 2022
This great article published by JEMS talks about Dr. Winckler’s work to deploy whole blood in Texas, a great example of a domestic use for

Delta Wins 1st Place in Pitch Competition
May 13, 2022
Delta Development was awarded 1st Place in this year’s National Life Science Startup Symposium, hosted by Pismo Ventures! There were nearly 100 applications, with 12

Cloud Design – How we launched a startup so fast
Feb 28, 2022
How did Delta Development innovate a new Medical Device in only 1 year, and with no interruptions during the COVID pandemic? Cloud Design is the

“Small Business Drive and Passion: What Keeps an Entrepreneur Going?”
Sep 15, 2021
CEO Monti discusses the difficulties of bringing life-saving medical devices to the military and civilian health care at GS1 Connect: Digital Edition 2021.
See the article

Does a Medical Refrigerator Need a Safety Agency Mark?
Sep 3, 2021
Bill Barg of Delta Development Team explains why a medical refrigerator needs a safety agency mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFeTIu8cXc&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltadevteam.com%2F&embeds_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltadevteam.com&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

Are Blood Refrigerators Listed at the FDA?
Sep 3, 2021
Bill Barg of Delta Development Team discusses what it means to be listed with the FDA when manufacturing and marketing blood refrigerators in the US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=IJiLOMxuLuY&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltadevteam.com%2F&embeds_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deltadevteam.com&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

The APRU is Now Even Easier to Acquire
Jun 15, 2021
You can now find the APRU 6L on Government catalogs DAPA and ECAT!
Product number: APRU6L

UA Students Work to Create an Automated Refrigerant Station
Jun 1, 2021
It was our pleasure to support these students with their University of Arizona senior design project. They worked to solve a complex problem and we

Delta Development Team Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Award
Jun 1, 2021
As a part of the 2021 Craig M. Berge Design Day, we were proud to award the $1000 Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation award to team 21089

How Delta Development Fast-Tracked R&D Down to a Single Year
Feb 23, 2021
Our friends over at Greenlight Guru, recently wrote on article on how we implemented Quality Management Systems in our production of the APRU.
In this article,

Global Medical Device Podcast Appearance
Jan 21, 2021
CEO Monti Lejia and CTO Robert Futch, recently sat down with Jon Speer and Wade Schroeder of Greenlight Guru. Monti and Robert discussed the conception

Feature Article on Onshape’s Innovation Blog
Nov 20, 2020
We’re honored to be featured this week on Onshape’s Innovation blog! Check it out and let us know what you think:
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The APRU gets icy!
Oct 23, 2020
The APRU is ready for Arctic temperatures! This icing test, performed by ETL / Intertek is part of NEMA4X qualification, required for equipment advertised as

UofA Interdisciplinary Capstone
Oct 1, 2020
Considering the fact that our team is primarily made up of UofA alumni and current students, we’re thrilled to announce that we are sponsoring a

Military Internship Program
Sep 17, 2020
Delta Development Team is partnered with the DoD SkillBridge program, an internship program designed to give transitioning military members an opportunity to gain civilian work

The Lethal Diamond
Sep 10, 2020
When it comes to trauma, new research is showing that hypocalcemia, the loss of calcium due to blood loss, is also a factor in the

Stopping Severe Blood Loss
Sep 1, 2020
The APRU brings whole blood to the point of injury, helping to stop the “Triad of death” before it’s too late.
https://youtu.be/OLxE4FG5uQk

Thank You, Now What? Podcast Appearance
Jul 28, 2020
On Episode 4 of the “Thank You, Now What?” podcast, host Matt DeVivo interviews Monti Lejia, the Chief Product Officer of Delta Development Team.
“Monti served

Futch on the Being an Engineer Podcast
Jun 23, 2020
Aaron Moncur invited Delta’s Robert Futch for a chat on the Being an Engineer podcast. Aaron is the founder of Pipeline Design & Engineering which

Modern Collaboration Tools
Feb 14, 2020
Delta has been able to make use of a variety of Modern Collaboration Tools to launch our business. Over the first two years of operating,

Southern Arizona Tech + Business Expo
Oct 9, 2019
Don’t miss this must-attend tech event! Visit us at the @aztechcouncil Tech + Business Expo in Tucson on October 30. Register now!
Use promo code COMESEEUS

House of Quality – Free Download
Sep 3, 2019
A quality design is one that has value to customers. In order to provide quality designs at Delta, we have to know what the customer

Delta’s New Thermal Test Chamber
Mar 21, 2019
Recently, the crew at Delta Development finished construction on an 11’x13x11’ thermal test chamber. The chamber is capable of testing a variety of machines like

Free – SolidWorks CAM Post-Processor for Shapeoko CNC
Feb 7, 2019
Delta has acquired a Carbide 3D Shapeoko CNC router and we’ve already begun using it to build molds for insulating our refrigerators. A CNC (computer

Delta’s Grand Opening!
Dec 7, 2018
Thanks to everyone that came to our Grand Opening!
Guests had a chance to see what Delta is working on in new mobile refrigeration technology including