Purpose, Benefits, and Results of First Year Jay Goldberg, PhD, PE, Marquette University Phil Weilerstein and Humera Fasihuddin, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

BME IDEA Competition A new competition, established by the NCIIA in cooperation with BME IDEA, a consortium of biomedical engineering faculty

BME IDEA 2005: Years In the Making 5) MD&M / Canon Communications LLC Engaged1) Discussion at Design Workshop 2) Initial BME IDEA Workshop Initial Partners Engaged 4) BME IDEA 2005 Launched! 6) NSF Biomedical Engineering Department Joins as Partner, Funding from NSF Director Bruce Hamilton and Program Officer Semahat Demir 7) Eighteen Submissions Received 8) Three winners awarded at MD&M Industry Tradeshow 9) BMES Competition Announced! 3) Roundtable, Feedback from BME IDEA participants on the format of the competition. Council of Chairs On Board, Initial Partners Engaged 2/03 San Francisco 10/03 Nashville 3/05 9/04 BMES Philadelphia 4/05 5/05 6/05 NYC 10/02 Houston 9/05 Baltimore

Competition Sponsors National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance MD&DI, a publication of Canon Communications, llc The National Science Foundation Industrial Designers Society of America Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) The Council of Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs

BME-idea Competition Leverages NCIIA’s extensive national network of students and universities focused on innovation and technology entrepreneurship

Background Several competitions for non-biomedical engineering students exist –Students learn about design and teamwork –High level of enthusiasm Few commercialized inventions or innovations produced Existing BME competitions do not focus on entrepreneurship or commercialization

Existing BME Competitions National Student Design Competition, (RERC on AMI) –3 target design areas –List of hypothetical clients with disabilities –Teams required to design for specific clients EMBS Undergraduate Student Design Competition (IEEE EMBS) –Design and construction of device to solve medical or biological problem –Must not be commercially available (significant modifications acceptable)

BME IDEA Competition Goals –Focus on entrepreneurship –Connects students/academic community to real world commercial opportunities –Brings academic and industrial biomedical engineering communities together –Promote and support experiential educational opportunities in product design, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Benefits of Participation Experience with multidisciplinary teams Clarification of market needs Better understanding of FDA requirements, regulatory strategy Winning competition validates design, will assist with commercialization –Networking opportunities –Venture funding opportunities

Other Benefits Academic institution –exposure of design program –supplement to entrepreneurial programs –promotes translational research/technology transfer Students –experiential learning –networking –exposure to industry (funding, employment) Industry –increased involvement with academia –access to new technologies/devices for technology transfer

BME IDEA 2006 Design of Competition Industry competition - Medical Design Excellence Awards - used as model –No restriction on type of device/technology submitted –Similar judging criteria and evaluation process –Two judges also MDEA jurors Awards presented at MDEA ceremony as part of MDM show in New York

BME IDEA 2006 Judging Criteria Technical and economic feasibility Clinical utility Regulatory strategy Market potential Novelty and patentability Potential for commercialization

Third and Second Place Winners 3 rd Place: ($1,000) The Halo- Pack: A Low Profile Cervical Spine Orthosis, Washington University 2 nd Place: ($2,500) Bioimpedance Probe to Detect Preterm Labor, Johns Hopkins University

First place winner 1 st Place: ($10,000) A Novel Treatment for Cerebral Aneurysms, Stanford University

Announcing BME IDEA 2006! Submissions due April 4, 2006 online at Requires faculty advisor and departmental chair consent. Entries may be senior design projects No restriction to medical specialty, market segment, or medical problem Multidisciplinary teams encouraged (must have at least one engineer on team) One entry per institution, final entries by invitation for pilot year Teams must be interested in commercialization through licensing or new venture formation

BME IDEA 2006 Requirements Documentation of final design Prototype (photo, video) Proof that design is functional and will solve problem Assessment of patentability Proposed regulatory pathway Market analysis (with estimated costs) Business plan (strategy for commercialization and opportunity statement)

BME IDEA 2006 Criteria and winning entry requirements Solve a pressing clinical problem; Meet technical, economic, legal, and regulatory requirements; Feature a novel and practical design; and Show potential for commercialization.

BME IDEA Competition: Best Practices Build on existing projects or start at the beginning of the academic year Leverage the many resources at your institution: Management School, Tech Transfer Office, etc. Pay equal emphasis to submission criteria Score more points for bigger economic and/or social impact

For more information, or to sponsor this competition, contact: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Humera Fasihuddin