Mar
24
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. ...
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Dec
21
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,...
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Oct
28
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...
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Sep
19
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...
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Sep
15
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...
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Sep
02
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...
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May
28
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,...
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May
15
In this issue: Considerations When Designing Clinical Evaluation Studies Announcing the 2016 Target Challenge Recent NEPDC Awardees Addressing Pediatric Needs with a PICNIC
Jan
18
In this issue: Untapped Potential for Innovation in Pediatric Med-Tech by Urs Naber, MD NEPDC Grant Awardees Announced Get Involved
Jan
07
Residents could be the ideal med-tech innovators but almost always fail to realize their ideas. Residents in medicine rotate through multiple fields within their specialties and are eager to learn new approaches, while often mentally challenging the status quo. They are the frontline in patient care. They see the complications...
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