• Login
    • Join
  • FOLLOW:
  • Subscribe Free
    • Magazine
    • eNewsletter
    Checkout
    • Magazine
    • News
    • Opinions
    • Top 30
    • Research
    • Supply Chain
    • Device Sectors
    • Directory
    • Events
    • Resources
    • Microsites
    • More
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Opinions
  • Top 30
  • Research
  • Supply Chain
  • Device Sectors
  • Directory
  • Events
  • Resources
  • Microsites
  • Current / Back Issues
    Features
    Editorial
    Digital Edition
    eNewsletter Archive
    Our Team
    Editorial Guidelines
    Reprints
    Subscribe Now
    Advertise Now
    Top Features
    Pharmaceutical Focus: A Look at Combination Products

    The Printed World: Additive Manufacturing in Medtech

    The Lost Year: 2020 Year in Review

    Extrusion Evolution

    Little Big Parts: Micromolding Under the Microscope
    OEM News
    Supplier News
    Service / Press Releases
    Online Exclusives
    Press Releases
    People in the News
    Product & Service Releases
    Supplier News
    Medtech Makers
    Technical Features
    International News
    Videos
    Product & Service Releases
    Live From Shows
    Top News
    Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down

    Data Show Porex's Medical Device Filtration Materials Protect Against Virus, Bacteria Spread

    Endoscopic Hemostasis Devices Market Valued at $730 Million

    Henry Schein Buys Majority Interest in Prism Medical Products

    Boston Scientific's Vercise Genus DBS Earns FDA Approval
    From the Editor
    Blogs
    Guest Opinions
    Top Opinions
    Pharmaceutical Focus: A Look at Combination Products

    The Printed World: Additive Manufacturing in Medtech

    The Lost Year: 2020 Year in Review

    Extrusion Evolution

    Little Big Parts: Micromolding Under the Microscope
    Top 30 Medical Device Companies
    Market Data
    White Papers
    Top Research
    Fixing Face Mask Form and Function

    The Heart of the Matter: Trends in Cardiology

    Virtually the Same? The Challenges of Online Conferences

    Digital Health Delivers During a Year for the Ages

    Advanced Technology for Staking and Swaging Medical Plastics
    3D/Additive Manufacturing
    Contract Manufacturing
    Electronics
    Machining & Laser Processing
    Materials
    Molding
    Packaging & Sterilization
    R&D & Design
    Software & IT
    Testing
    Tubing & Extrusion
    Cardiovascular
    Diagnostics
    Digital Health
    Neurological
    Patient Monitoring
    Surgical
    Orthopedics
    All Companies
    Categories
    Company Capabilities
    Add New Company
    Outsourcing Directory
    Unicep

    Element

    Medbio LLC

    PTI Engineered Plastics Inc.

    Creganna Medical, part of TE Connectivity
    MPO Summit
    Industry Events
    Webinars
    Live From Show Event
    Industry Associations
    Videos
    Career Central
    eBook
    Slideshows
    Top Resources
    Meeting Critical Ventilator Product Requirements Amid Pandemic

    Impact of COVID-19 on the Medtech Supply Chain

    Finding the Upside to a Challenging Year

    Preparing Your Design Controls for FDA Approval

    A 'Trial and Error' Approach to Micromolded Parts
    Companies
    News Releases
    Product Releases
    Press Releases
    Product Spec Sheets
    Service Releases
    Case Studies
    White Papers
    Brochures
    Videos
    Outsourcing Directory
    Concise Engineering

    PTI Engineered Plastics Inc.

    Medicoil

    K-Tube Technologies

    Medbio LLC
    • Magazine
      • Current/Back Issues
      • Features
      • Editorial
      • Columns
      • Digital Editions
      • Subscribe Now
      • Advertise Now
    • News
    • Directory
      • All Companies
      • ALL CATEGORIES
      • Industry Associations
      • Company Capabilities
      • Add Your Company
    • Supply Chain
      • 3D/Additive Manufacturing
      • Contract Manufacturing
      • Electronics
      • Machining & Laser Processing
      • Materials
      • Molding
      • Packaging & Sterilization
      • R&D & Design
      • Software & IT
      • Testing
      • Tubing & Extrusion
    • Device Sectors
      • Cardiovascular
      • Diagnostics
      • Digital Health
      • Neurological
      • Patient Monitoring
      • Surgical
      • Orthopedics
    • Top 30 Company Report
    • Expert Insights
    • Slideshows
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Resources
    • eBook
    • Infographics
    • Whitepapers
    • Research
      • White Papers
      • Case Studies
      • Product Spec Sheets
      • Market Data
    • MPO Summit
    • Events
      • Industry Events
      • Live From Show Events
      • Webinars
    • Microsite
      • Companies
      • Product Releases
      • Product Spec Sheets
      • Services
      • White Papers / Tech Papers
      • Press Releases
      • Videos
      • Literature / Brochures
      • Case Studies
    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Advertise with Us
      • eNewsletter Archive
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
    Editorial

    The Road Not Taken

    ...

    Related CONTENT
    • Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down
    • Are you prepared for EUDAMED actor registration module? Let’s get started
    • Data Show Porex's Medical Device Filtration Materials Protect Against Virus, Bacteria Spread
    • TPI Partners with Zeiss
    • Freudenberg Medical Expands Injection Molding Operations
    Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director06.10.14
    Getting a medical device from a napkin sketch to the operating room, examination room, or patient bedside isn’t always (seldom is, in fact) a high-speed, straight-line journey—particularly for a first-time entrepreneur or a doctor with a big idea. To carry the analogy a little further, it’s less like the autobahn and more like a long, winding country road filled with bumps, dips, detours, delays and wrong turns. But once you’ve learned your way or, more importantly, have had someone give you directions, the path is less riddled with potholes.

    In the medical device development realm, finding that special someone with a planned route in hand can be even trickier than the trip itself.

    To help provide innovators with a product development GPS, a collaboration recently has formed among the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) Department of Surgery, the UCSF Department of Engineering and Therapeutic Sciences, and medical device professionals and investors.

    Called the Rosenman Institute, the UCSF-based initiative is devoted to medical device innovation. The group is named for the late Daniel Rosenman, a biomedical engineer and medical device entrepreneur with UCSF ties. Rosenman spent 25 years in the medical device sector focused on areas including cardiology, cardiac surgery, urology, general surgery and ophthalmology. He led R&D efforts from the initial founding to financing and through commercialization in multiple startups. Rosenman was inventor or co-inventor on 40 U.S. patents and co-founded San Carlos, Calif.-based BioCardia, an interventional cardiology device company. His passion, according to his colleagues, not only was the rapid design of innovative products, but also bringing them to clinicians and patients within a short time period and in a way that focused on the human factors and clinical utility. Rosenman died in August while on a bike ride in Lake Tahoe.

    According to the San Francisco Business Times, around the same time, representatives of UCSF’s surgery department approached QB3 Director Regis Kelly with an idea: Could QB3, an incubator known for helping startups form out of novel academic research or linking companies with researchers at UCSF, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz, help faculty members transform their ideas into actual products?

    A few weeks later, Kelly witnessed a tight-knit group from the medical device community interacting at a memorial for Rosenman. At that moment, he realized “this is a good idea to tap into,” Rosenman’s widow, Christine Winoto, who also happens to be the assistant director for strategic planning at QB3, told the Business Times.

    The institute initially will focus on bringing to market the innovations of engineers from UCSF. Researchers at UCSF aren’t exactly strangers to the medtech space, having recently been awarded $26 million in government funding to study neural implants for Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy.

    As the creators of the Rosenman Institute explain: “Surgeons know what problems they need solved, but they often know little about bioengineering. Engineers are great at building products, but often don’t know whether a device is needed or wanted in the clinic.”

    On June 4th, the institute opened with a symposium that was designed to bring together different stakeholders in the product development process.

    Organizers said the goal of the first-time event was to inspire clinicians to innovate, introduce the resources available at the Rosenman Institute, and enable entrepreneurs to share their stories and perspectives on the future of medical device innovation. It provided an opportunity for networking with entrepreneurs, physicians, investors, biomedical engineers, mentors and representatives of major device companies.

    Finding the fuel to power innovation will be increasingly important as the United States fights to maintain dominance in the sector. According to industry tracker DJX VentureSource, 2013 was the slowest year for medical device investing since 2005. Last year saw $2.5 billion invested across 261 deals, almost a return to the numbers from eight years ago, when $2.4 billion was invested in 251 deals. Medical device investing began to climb in 2006, then began dropping after 2011.

    Organizations such as the Rosenman Institute are well-timed.  Bringing together experienced industry stakeholders—researchers, engineers, clinicians, investors and medtech professionals—to brainstorm, fund and commercialize transformational (and economical) healthcare solutions is a road map for success.

    Right now, as medtech business development models go, such an organization may represent the road less traveled, but it’s shaping up to be a turn worth taking.

    Christopher Delporte
    Editorial Director
    cdelporte@rodmanmedia.com
    Related Searches
    • lifepak 1000 defibrillator
    • R&D & Design
    Related Knowledge Center
    • R&D & Design
    Suggested For You
    Medtech Matters: Medtronic Medtech Matters: Medtronic's Robotic Surgery Status
    Medtech Makers: Material Science for Micromolding Medtech Makers: Material Science for Micromolding
    Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down
    Are you prepared for EUDAMED actor registration module? Let’s get started Are you prepared for EUDAMED actor registration module? Let’s get started
    Data Show Porex Data Show Porex's Medical Device Filtration Materials Protect Against Virus, Bacteria Spread
    TPI Partners with Zeiss TPI Partners with Zeiss
    Freudenberg Medical Expands Injection Molding Operations Freudenberg Medical Expands Injection Molding Operations
    CHF Solutions Appoints CEO CHF Solutions Appoints CEO
    Medtech Matters: Surgeons Scrubbing In Virtually Medtech Matters: Surgeons Scrubbing In Virtually
    CMS Expedites Breakthrough Device Access; Industry Applauds CMS Expedites Breakthrough Device Access; Industry Applauds
    Medtech Matters: Talking Robotic Surgery with Zimmer Biomet Medtech Matters: Talking Robotic Surgery with Zimmer Biomet
    Vonco Products Receives ISO 13485:2016 Certification Vonco Products Receives ISO 13485:2016 Certification
    BioSerenity Achieves FDA Clearance for Wearable Device System BioSerenity Achieves FDA Clearance for Wearable Device System
    Greenlight Guru and Nelson Labs Partner Greenlight Guru and Nelson Labs Partner
    Katena Products Welcomes New CEO Katena Products Welcomes New CEO

    Related Editorial

    • R&D & Design
      The New Source of Medtech R&D

      The New Source of Medtech R&D

      Do alliances between academia and the medical device industry represent the future of research and development in the medical device industry?
      Sean Fenske, Editor-in-Chief 03.04.20

    • R&D & Design
      The Way Ahead for Outsourcing R&D

      The Way Ahead for Outsourcing R&D

      ...
      Sean Fenske, Editor 09.01.17

    • Digital Health | R&D & Design | Software & IT | Testing
      Hire a Hacker

      Hire a Hacker

      ...
      Sean Fenske, Editor 06.06.17


    • R&D & Design
      Crowdfunding for Medtech

      Crowdfunding for Medtech

      ...
      Sean Fenske, Editor 04.06.16

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design

      Success Factors

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 07.29.15

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design | Testing

      Reducing Post-Op Pain—A Device Opportunity?

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 06.02.15


    • R&D & Design

      An Agenda for Innovation

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 03.11.15

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design | Testing

      The Continued Promise of Medtech Outsourcing

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 02.06.15

    • Contract Manufacturing | Materials | R&D & Design

      Achieving Together

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 09.11.14


    • Cardiovascular | R&D & Design | Testing

      Keeping the Innovation Pipeline Flowing

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director, Medical Devices 07.22.14

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design

      Charting Patient Preference: Just Ask

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 05.14.14

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design | Testing

      I Am a Part of All That I Have Met

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 09.10.13


    • R&D & Design | Software & IT

      OMG. The FDA Wants You to be its BFF

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director 05.13.13

    • Contract Manufacturing | R&D & Design | Software & IT | Tubing & Extrusion

      Routine Improvement

      ...
      04.09.13

    • Contract Manufacturing | Materials | R&D & Design

      How Dependent Are We on Foreign Sourcing?

      ...
      Christopher Delporte, Editorial Director, Medical Devices 06.11.12


    Trending
    • Portable, Home-Use Device Quickly Measures Inflammation Levels
    • Masimo Earns CE Mark For New Fingertip Pulse Oximeter
    • TPI Partners With Zeiss
    • Top 10 Trends In The Medical Device And Equipment Industry
    • Understanding Food-Grade Vs. Biocompatibility For Medical Device Materials
    Breaking News
    • Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down
    • Data Show Porex's Medical Device Filtration Materials Protect Against Virus, Bacteria Spread
    • Endoscopic Hemostasis Devices Market Valued at $730 Million
    • Henry Schein Buys Majority Interest in Prism Medical Products
    • Boston Scientific's Vercise Genus DBS Earns FDA Approval
    View Breaking News >
    CURRENT ISSUE

    November/December 2020

    • Pharmaceutical Focus: A Look at Combination Products
    • The Printed World: Additive Manufacturing in Medtech
    • The Lost Year: 2020 Year in Review
    • View More >

    Cookies help us to provide you with an excellent service. By using our website, you declare yourself in agreement with our use of cookies.
    You can obtain detailed information about the use of cookies on our website by clicking on "More information”.

    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms And Conditions
    • Contact Us

    follow us

    Subscribe
    Nutraceuticals World

    Latest Breaking News From Nutraceuticals World

    NIH Study Compares Low-Fat, Plant-based to Low-Carb, Animal-Based Diet
    Gadot Positions Mineral Line for Vegan Market
    Nutritfy India to Launch Global Broadcast Channel Covering Nutrition
    Coatings World

    Latest Breaking News From Coatings World

    LINE-X Launches Dealer Program with International Truck
    PPG Reports Q4, Full-year 2020 Financial Results
    BASF Begins Implementing Ralignment of Global Business Services Unit
    Medical Product Outsourcing

    Latest Breaking News From Medical Product Outsourcing

    Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down
    Data Show Porex's Medical Device Filtration Materials Protect Against Virus, Bacteria Spread
    Endoscopic Hemostasis Devices Market Valued at $730 Million
    Contract Pharma

    Latest Breaking News From Contract Pharma

    Pfizer, BioNTech Enter Vax Pact with COVAX
    FDA Approves Janssen’s CABENUVA
    AGC Biologics Appoints Boulder Site GM
    Beauty Packaging

    Latest Breaking News From Beauty Packaging

    Coty Appoints Chief Procurement Officer
    Lageen Tubes Launches Mono-Material PE Tube Solutions
    Jason Jones Loses Battle with Covid-19
    Happi

    Latest Breaking News From Happi

    Carol’s Daughter Adds New Hair Products
    Moroccan Gold Series Launches NuDo Shampoo
    Youbody Debuts Waterless Body Wash
    Ink World

    Latest Breaking News From Ink World

    BOBST Demonstrates Future of Flexible Packaging Production at Virtual Open House
    Morancé Soudure France Adds Comexi F2 MC 10-color Flexo Press
    AR Packaging Acquiring Firstan Holdings Ltd
    Label & Narrow Web

    Latest Breaking News From Label & Narrow Web

    Gallus planning virtual event for March
    Lemu Group engineers mask-making machine
    Niagara Label upgrades with Nilpeter flexo press
    Nonwovens Industry

    Latest Breaking News From Nonwovens Industry

    Freudenberg to Establish Apparel Interlining Competence Centers
    Minet Adds Spunlace Line in Romania
    Lemu Group Engineers Mask-Making Machine
    Orthopedic Design & Technology

    Latest Breaking News From Orthopedic Design & Technology

    Cretex Companies CEO Steps Down
    Conformis Enters Development & Supply Agreement with SITES Medical
    Sectra, RSA Biomedical Sign Distribution Agreement for Implant Stability Tool
    Printed Electronics Now

    Latest Breaking News From Printed Electronics Now

    UDC Subsidiary Adesis' Website Wins 2020 MarCom Platinum Award
    Ambiq Wins IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year Award
    Ynvisible Names Michael Robinson CEO, Jani-Mikael Kuusisto SVP Ventures

    Copyright © 2021 Rodman Media. All rights reserved. Use of this constitutes acceptance of our privacy policy The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Rodman Media.

    AD BLOCKER DETECTED

    Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
    Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.


    FREE SUBSCRIPTION Already a subscriber? Login