DR. BRIAN ALVERSON is co-founder of SmölTap, a medical device company that developed a positioning device for infants undergoing spinal taps. / COURTESY HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Dr. Brian Alverson is co-founder of SmölTap, a Providence-based medical device company that is just beginning to market an innovative device designed to hold infants in an ideal position while undergoing a spinal tap. Alverson, a pediatrician and former director of pediatric hospital medicine at Hasbro Children's Hospital, created the device with a team of…