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University of Michigan Biomedical Design Program

Department of Biomedical EngineeringAileen Huang-Saad

BMES 2011

BME Design Program: Mission

“To encourage our students to be become adaptive learners through innovative design and offer an avenue for industry exposure

and involvement”

Comprehensive Design Program

BioChem BioMech BioEE

BME 241: Intro BME Lab

BME 350: Intro to BME Design

BME 458: Instrumentation

BME 599: Graduate Innovative Design

BME 450/499: Senior Design

ENG100: Biotechnology and Human Values In

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BME599: Graduate Innovative Design

• Students and physicians work together to innovative novel medical solutions

Ideation Product Selection Development Commercialization

FDA ManufacturingReimbursement

Marketing FundingQuality/ISO Standards

Logistics

Fall

• Idea Incubation

Winter

• Idea Realization

Graduate Level DesignTechnical depth

From idea to realization

BME Technology Incubator

• Our job: To CREATE– To develop a successful

biomedical solution– Diversify risk by

identifying 4-6 technologies that we want to pursue

– Work as a team to achieve success

Multithreaded Experience

• Self Assembly• Self Selection• Self Awareness

FundamentalsCanons

• Class Team• Design TeamsTeam

Experiences

Ultimate ObjectiveMaximize likelihood of student success

BME599 Teams

ENDOCUTTER

SMArt Endo

Instruments

Results

• Student generated funds > $72,000• Selected Successes

– 3 American Society of Mechanical Engineers iShow Semifinalists– 13 Dare to Dream Grants– 1 NCIIA e-team grant– 1 BMEidea Honorable Mention– 1st Place BMEidea

AY07-08 AY08-09 AY09-10 AY10-11Number of Students

18 19 22 24

# Clinical Faculty

10 8 10 10

# Design Teams 5 5 5 5# Provisionals 2 2 3 in process 2

Most Recent SuccessBMEidea Competition2011 BMEidea winners announced! First place, winning $10,000Magneto: Magnetic Induction Internal Bleed DetectorUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Challenges

• Successful commercialization beyond the classroom – IP, student support, continued development

• Timing of success and the student’s lifecycles

Idea

Prototype

Commercial Plan

Reality

Going Forward – Leveraging Partnerships

• Industry

• Medical Device Accelerators

Southwest Michigan First

Thank You!• Doug Chepeha • Scott McLean• Chris Postma• Mark Zachaerek• Dan McMurtrie • John Kao • Sanjaya Gupta • Herb Aranow • Gregory Thompson• Aditya Pandey • Parag Patil • John Younger • Bruce Miller • Kevin McLeod • Mike O'Donnell • Mike Zamora • Toby Donajkowski • Martha Rumford • Rahki Juneja • Chuck Nicholas• Mike O’Donnell

• Matt Bell • Bryce Pilz • Bill Hassler • Dan McCombs • Lindsay Klee • Michael Deininger • Jeff Degraff • John Weinberg • Nathaniel Skinner • Sunjay Dodani • Brian Tolle • Tom O'Brien • David Olson • Jim O'Connell • Bill Hansen • Ian Bund • Hao Chen • Adam Keilen • Susan Rowinski • Kathy McCrumb• Dana Jackson• Chloe Funkhouser