Sam Brusco, Associate Editor06.07.22
Five finalists have been chosen in the annual “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition presented by the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI).
These five finalists can now access a pediatric accelerator led by MedTech Innovator and will compete for a share of $150,000 grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October.
"Addressing unmet needs across pediatric populations is critical to advancing children’s health and we are delighted to once again work with pioneering companies that seek to bridge this care gap,” Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A, P.M.P., VP and chief innovation officer at Children’s National Hospital and principal investigator of NCC-PDI, told the press. "As an FDA-funded consortium, NCC-PDI serves as a critical device development resource, bringing together individuals and institutions that support viable pediatric innovations and create faster pathways to commercialization. We congratulate this year’s finalists and look forward to seeing the progress made in the coming months as they navigate the accelerator program.”
The following are the five pediatric device innovations judges selected for the final competition:
These five finalists can now access a pediatric accelerator led by MedTech Innovator and will compete for a share of $150,000 grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October.
"Addressing unmet needs across pediatric populations is critical to advancing children’s health and we are delighted to once again work with pioneering companies that seek to bridge this care gap,” Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A, P.M.P., VP and chief innovation officer at Children’s National Hospital and principal investigator of NCC-PDI, told the press. "As an FDA-funded consortium, NCC-PDI serves as a critical device development resource, bringing together individuals and institutions that support viable pediatric innovations and create faster pathways to commercialization. We congratulate this year’s finalists and look forward to seeing the progress made in the coming months as they navigate the accelerator program.”
The following are the five pediatric device innovations judges selected for the final competition:
- CorInnova (Houston, Texas): Minimally invasive biventricular non-blood contacting cardiac assist device to treat heart failure.
- Innovation Lab (La Palma, Calif.): Mechanical elbow brace stabilizes tremors for pediatric ataxic cerebral palsy to improve the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).
- Prapela (Biddeford, Maine): Prapela's incubator pad is the first innovation to improve the treatment of apnea of prematurity in over 20 years.
- Tympanogen (Richmond, Va.): Perf-Fix replaces surgical eardrum repair with a nonsurgical clinic procedure
- Xpan (Concord, Ont.): Xpan’s universal trocar enables safest and most dynamic access and effortless upsizing in conventional/mini/robotic procedures.