Medical Innovation Center Alumni

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08/21/2014

The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation will award two $50K prizes for medical device concepts for pediatric patients at its October 24 Symposium. Proposals should address a significant unmet need within the pediatric population with a device idea that lends itself to commercialization.

PrintEligibility The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation is seeking proposals from inventors in medical institutions, private practices, the business community, and academic researchers who have medical device concepts or ideas for use with pediatric patients. Proposals should a…

03/18/2014

Baby’s life saved after 3D printed devices were implanted at U-M to restore his breathing

Bioresorbable splints used for just second time ever, successfully improved breathing so baby can go home for the first time

In his 18 months of life, Garrett Peterson has never gone home, spending his days in hospital beds tethered to ventilators that even at the highest settings couldn’t prevent his breathing from periodically stopping.

03/15/2014

MIC Alum team Ocunelis (David Lorch, Marius Tijunelis) now shipping their eye drop assist device via Amazon http://amzn.to/1qGevXd http://www.ocunelis.com

03/10/2014

Join the M-PED Pediatric Device Consortium at peddev dot org

11/16/2013

An inspirational story

Jorge Odón's dream about extracting a cork from a wine bottle resulted in a major breakthrough in perinatal health

08/21/2013

Lean start-up for med devices: is it enough?

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur, has influenced the development of the the Lean Startup movement, which espouses rapid iterative product development and creative experimentation based on business hypotheses. The strategy has been applied to the likes of firms such as Zappos, which is now a billio...

07/11/2013

BIOVIGIL scores nice coverage in Washington Post for its hand hygiene system www.biovigilsystems.com

Hospitals are turning to technology — beepers, buzzers, lights and tracking systems that remind workers to sanitize, and chart those who don’t.

07/09/2013

U-M team effort to save baby with 3D printed splint

Video on Today: When 18-month-old Kaiba Gionfriddo was born, his family learned that his trachea was flattened, making it impossible to breathe. Engineers used a 3-D printer to make a revolutionary custom splint that holds his windpipe open, enabling him to take his first full breath. NBC’s Kevin Ti...

06/27/2013

Let the orders roll in! Congrats Tangent team!

Ann Arbor-based medical device company Tangent Medical Technologies announced Thursday morning it is now accepting commercial orders for the company's innovative NovaCath IV catheter.

06/25/2013

Finding simple solutions to messy problems--great goal! See also http://www.ariadnelabs.org/

Atul Gawande, renowned writer and surgeon, is opening an innovations lab aimed at improving health care. He says Boston can be the Silicon Valley of health care innovation.