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Jun 06

NEPDC Accepting Proposals for 2017 Target Challenge Grant Opportunity

New England Pediatric Device Consortium requests abstracts for advancements and improvements in unintended removal of catheters and tubing in children. Lebanon, NH – June 6, 2017 – NEPDC and partners have announced their annual Target Challenge grant opportunity for 2017. NEPDC is seeking abstract proposals for technologies that prevent or... read more →

June 6, 2017
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Mar 31

March 2017 NEPDC Newsletter

In this issue: Integrating Industrial Design Resources into Early Product Planning Recent NEPDC Awardees Grant Deadline for next Pre-Seed opportunity is April 24, 2017

March 31, 2017
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Mar 29

Integrating Industrial Design Resources into Early Product Planning

Written by Josh Page, NEPDC Project Lead in Technology Development The greatest challenge faced by startups is conveying the value of their product or technology to their stakeholders and end users. Most developers talk their way through the design of their technology when a well-developed image or rendering is the... read more →

March 29, 2017
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Mar 24

New England Pediatric Device Consortium Awards Velano Vascular in Support of Needle Free Blood Draw Technology

New England Pediatric Device Consortium (NEPDC) announced Velano Vascular as the recipient of an award including funding and in-kind service towards the commercialization of the company's needle free blood draw technology. "Making blood draws less traumatic for children could go a long way to making their whole hospital experience better. ... read more →

March 24, 2017
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Dec 21

Can we make the Emergency Department a friendlier place for kids?

From January to March 2016, NEPDC hosted a PICNIC at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children. The Pediatric Innovation Challenge for Needs in Children (PICNIC) was organized to identify opportunities for advancements in pediatric medical technology and devices. Below is a submission from Dr. Ari Cohen, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine,... read more →

December 21, 2016
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Oct 28

Considerations When Designing Pediatric Device Consortium Clinical Evaluation Studies

At some point in the development of every health innovation, technology, or device there comes a time when it needs to be evaluated and tested to see if it can really achieve the purported health outcomes. This is frequently a critical and often expensive step in the development process and... read more →

October 28, 2016
Perspective

Sep 19

From Device Concept to Clinical Practice: An Interview with a Clinician Medical Device Developer

Written by Cassie Brugger, MA, Program Administrator for the New England Pediatric Device Consortium in conjunction with Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University Hospitals Case Medical Center Spending your days thinking about big problems in the world’s poorest places puts you in the ideal position to imagine new devices... read more →

September 19, 2016
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Sep 15

September 2016 NEPDC Newsletter

In this issue: Device Concept to Clinical Practice: An Interview with a Clinician Medical Device Developer NEPDC and TREAT Award $150K to Medical Device Innovators Velano Vascular Highlighted for Blood Draw Technology, PIVO™ NEPDC Receives Small Business Administration Accelerator Grant Click here to... read more →

September 15, 2016
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Sep 02

NEPDC Awarded $50,000 for Small Business Startups through 3rd Annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), through its Office of Investment and Innovation (OII), Office of Native American Affairs, Office of Veterans Business Development, and its federal partners consisting of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Education, announced New England Pediatric Device Consortium... read more →

September 2, 2016
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May 28

$150K Target Challenge to Commercialize Pediatric Rehabilitation Technology

New England Pediatric Device Consortium (NEPDC) and the Center for Translation of Rehabilitation Engineering Advances and Technology (TREAT) announce the release of their 2016 Target Challenge grant opportunity to address an underserved topic in pediatric medicine that has a high need for innovation and device improvement. The 2016 Target Challenge,... read more →

May 28, 2016
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