About

Stiehl Tech

Stiehl Tech was founded by an orthopedic surgeon with a successful history of developing new medical devices. Our current efforts are focused on making the treatment of wounds safer, more effective and less expensive.

James Stiehl
James Stiehl
Founder/CEO
MD, MBA, FAAOS

Dr Stiehl : After 36 years, Jim retired from active orthopedic surgery practice to focus on building a medical device company. While in practice, Jim specialized in total joint replacement and traumatology. He was an academic orthopedist for several years, publishing 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, 4 textbooks and 35 textbook chapters. For the past 10 years, Jim participated in several medical startups, including Traumis, LLC, Blue Ortho SAS, Surgivisio SAS, and Explorer Surgical, Inc, as an early investor and consultant. Jim’s most recent efforts have exploited work regarding surgical suction/irrigation systems, of which several concepts have been patented. Jim holds an MD with Honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and received the Gold Cord with his MBA from the University of Illinois College of Business.

Bill Richlen
Bill Richlen
Vice President of Clinical Services
PT, WCC, DWC

Bill has worked as a physical therapist and clinical wound specialist in long-term care, outpatient, skilled rehabilitation and home health. He has served as a clinical instructor for physical therapy students, been the Director of several large rehabilitation departments, and has been providing multi-disciplinary wound care education to nurses and therapists for over 24 years. He has been teaching wound care seminars nationally and speaking at national conferences for over 19 years.