The von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center lately concluded a highly successful, three-session workshop on the commercialization of medical devices on Oct. 17, 2015. In collaboration alongside the Institute of Engineering inwards Medicine in addition to the School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology, the von Liebig Center was able to offering a hands-on learning sense for faculty, graduate students in addition to post-docs at UC San Diego. The plan had over xx teams apply in addition to was able to render twelve teams alongside one-to-one mentorship in addition to guidance on how goodness ideas expire products, how to assess stakeholder needs in addition to marketplace opportunities, in addition to how to successfully fund their companies.The workshop was divided into 3 sessions, each alongside a specific focus in addition to separated past times 2 weeks to permit fourth dimension for development. The rootage session, held on Sept. 12, had a focus on regulations. Participants were asked to acquaint their ideas to a panel of invited manufacture experts, who would review them in addition to render feedback.
Teams were asked to in addition to then acquit client interviews in addition to independently written report the Center’s video lectures on client uncovering in addition to the Business Model Canvas. Upon reflecting on the workshop, students constitute the independent written report both helpful in addition to efficient.“[The content in addition to homework were] great! If done, they were real helpful,” wrote an anonymous student. “[Steve] Blank’s videos were outstanding.”
On Sept. 26, the teams met for the mo session focused on production design, in addition to for the in conclusion session on Oct. 17, teams gave their concluding presentations in addition to spoke of their side past times side steps.
“Several teams volition survive supported in addition to recommended to participate inwards I-Corps Phase II,” Lead facilitator Michael Krupp, PhD. said. “Eventually, they tin compete at the national grade of I-Corps for an chance to have over $50,000 of funding.”
“This was our rootage fourth dimension offering this type of workshop at von Liebig,” Dr. Krupp said. “This workshop was specific for medical devices, merely nosotros would definitely similar to offering to a greater extent than workshops alongside a similar model for other topics every bit well.”
Dr. Krupp worked alongside Hal W. DeLong in addition to Jay S. Kunin, PhD to facilitate the three-session medical device engineering commercialization workshop. Krupp has over 20 years of sense inwards the Pharma industry, belongings both trouble organization in addition to production evolution roles. He is the founder of Neurgain Technologies, the CEO of Xfibra LLC in addition to an advisor at the von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center.
DeLong is besides a von Liebig advisor in addition to the Executive Director of Proof of Concept Institute, Inc.. He has over 25 years of senior manufacture management sense inwards medical engineering commercialization. Dr. Kunin is an executive in addition to consultant for pharma, medical device, wellness information technology in addition to CRO companies, is the VP BioMed Track for Tech Coast Angels in addition to an entrepreneurship mentor in addition to teacher for the von Liebig I-Corps program. Dr. Kunin besides served every bit the Executive Director of the UCSD Moxie Center for Student Entrepreneurship.