News & Events

M2D2 Medical Device Inventor Showcase - Worcester

Where & When
November 24, 2009
Time: 5:00 p.m.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Faculty Conference Room
55 Lake Avenue, North
Worcester, MA  01655

The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) will be hosting a Medical Device Inventor Showcase Event on Tuesday, November 24. 

Novel medical device technologies will be presented, followed by a poster and networking session.

 
Over 20 Medical Device start ups from Massachusetts will be presenting their novel medical device technologies.

Agenda

4:30 - 5:00pm  Registration
5:00 - 5:45pm  Welcome, M2D2 Introductions by Feature Speakers
5:45 - 7:00pm  Medical Device Inventors
7:00 - 8:00pm  Inventor Poster and Networking Session

Featured Speakers

• Michael F. Collins, UMass Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences and UMass Medical School Chancellor
• John L. Sullivan, Vice Provost for Research, UMass Medical School
• Sheila B. Noone, M2D2 Co-Director, UMass Worcester
• Stephen P. McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director, UMass Lowell
• Steven F. Tello, M2D2 Associate Director, UMass Lowell

Inventor Presentations and Posters

• Kurt Barringhaus, UMass Worcester, Low Cost Miniature Blood Pressure Sensor for Invasive Cardiovascular Monitoring
• Raymond Dunn, UMass Worcester, Ergonomic Scalpel Handle Design for Accurate Incision(s)
• Jack Wixted, UMass Worcester, Load Sensing Nail for Determining Rates of Fracture Healing
• Andrew Fischer, UMass Worcester, Automating the Assessment of Adequacy for Microbiopsies
• Oz Harmanli, Oz Technologies, Novel Pessaries for the Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• Jeff Morrill, NuOrtho Surgical, Tissue Preservation for Today's Orthopedic Surgeons and Baby Boomers
• Babs Soller, UMass Worcester, CareGuide Patient Monitor: Continuous, Noninvasive Assessment of Tissue Perfusion and Acidosis
• Joyoni Dey, UMass Worcester, High Performance Gamma Camera for CardiacSPECT
• Matt Gounis, UMass Worcester, Preclinical Evaluation of Medical Devices in Image Guided Surgery
• Mitchell Albert, Noble Gas Hyperpolarizers for Functional MR Imaging of the Lungs and Brain

Inventor Posters

• Larry Casha, Seign LLC, Mechanized Passive Stretching with Gauge
• Al Prescott, Crescent Innovations, Inc., Regenerative Medicine: Targeted Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Reduction as a Platform for Tissue Regeneration
• Felix Gregorian, Massachusetts General Hospital, The New and Improved Endotracheal Tube
• Peter Norris, Tomophase, Advanced Airway Microstructure Imaging
• Martin Sklar, Automated Medical Instruments, Inc., The Minimally Invasive Solution for Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
• John Munro III, Source Production & Equipment Co. Inc., Brachytherapy Delivery System for Treatment of Lung Cancer
• W. Travis Lau, Tufts Medical Center, Novel Handheld Safety Suturing Device
• Tim Wu, VasoTech, Inc., Drug Eluting Stent
• Jay Passmore, ACCU-TATT, Sterile/Disposable Tattoo Device
• Christopher LaFarge, MedicaMetrix, Inc., ProstaGlove - A New Gold Standard for Prostate Volume Measurement
• Chris Adams,Bryan Medical, Moisture Sheild Bandange
  

If you have any questions regarding registration please contact Ruth Dubey by email ruth_dubey2@uml.edu or by phone at 978-934-3499.More information will be emailed and updated as the show gets closer, including a draft agenda.

Registration costs for this event is as follows:
 
Advanced registration:
$25.00 until November 16, 2009
 
Late registration:
$40.00 after November 16, 2009 and at the door.
 
Please email Ruth_Dubey2@uml.edu with your contact information such as name, company, address, telephone, fax and email.  Once your registration is received you will be sent a paypal payment request for credit card payments or debit card payments. or click the link below to register and pay fee.   (Please note all debit and credit cards are processed through paypal)
 

or
 
Register and pay now by clicking this link.
 

You can also mail a check to the following address, Please make check payable to: M2D2. 

Ruth Dubey
Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Plastics Engineering Department
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA  01854
 
 
Cash will also be accepted at the door, all cash transactions must pre-register before November 16 to get the discounted rate of $25.00.  All cash transactions not pre-registered or registered after November 16 will be $40.00.

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Start Me Up! M2D2 Supports Medical Device Start-ups

Three Key members of the M2D2 team:  (from left) Prof. Steven Tello of the UMass Lowell College of Management, Prof. Sheila Noone, Assistant Provost for Clinical Research; and K.C. Belaji, M.D., both from UMass Worcester.

In its first eighteen months of operation, the M2D2 (Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center) helped 23 start-up companies and entrepreneurs bridge the gap between invention and production of new medical devices. Ten start-ups received funding. Five of those received matching funds under M2D2’s “fast-lane” program, and five gained federal funding with M2D2’s assistance. Both the “fast-lane” and federal grant assistance programs were supported primarily through competitive awards to M2D2 by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute. “In this economic climate, there is a critical need for M2D2’s services to keep the pipeline of new medical device products flowing,” says Stephen McCarthy, who co-directs M2D2. “Credit is tightening and private investors are even less inclined to support early-stage medical device companies than they were only a few months ago. M2D2 helps companies cross that ‘Valley of Death,’” he added. Fellow co-director Sheila Noone, Assistant Vice Provost for Clinical Research at UMass Worcester, says: “Both the Worcester and Lowell campuses are committed to helping grow the life sciences sector in the Commonwealth.” UMass Worcester doctors and nurses provide M2D2-applicant entrepreneurs a medical screen while Lowell’s management college provides a business screen: hurdles companies must pass before receiving more direct M2D2 support. “Companies come to M2D2. We give them a lot of advice, and that’s a valuable part of our charge,” says M2D2 Steering Committee Chairman Hooks Johnston, former Senior Vice President at Smith & Nephew in Andover. To date, 15 of the 23 M2D2-assisted companies have applied for the fast-lane program and received business and medical assessments as part of that process, and five of those were named fast-lane companies: Aurora of Cambridge for a swelling hemostat to control bleeding from trauma. Thomas Kottler’s VeinAid® LLC of Fairfield, Conn., which is developing an externally applied device to relieve the problems caused by varicose veins. Christopher LaFarge’s MedicaMetrix of Wayland, for a “ProstaGlove” that would provide a quantitative rather than qualitative measurement of prostate volume. Oz Technologies of Bay State Health Care in Springfield for a user-friendly pessary. Smart Surfaces of Worcester for an ulcer prevention mattress. M2D2-applicant-companies also received access to potential venture capital and angel investors at a recent Merrimack Valley Venture Forum- and M2D2-sponsored event showcasing their new medical device ideas. More than 150 attended the forum. M2D2 has also helped eight additional start-ups apply for federal grants. Five were awarded. Grants awarded from the National Institutes of Health included a $1.2 million STTR fast-track grant to Dr. Tim Wu’s VasoTech Inc. of Lowell to further develop a biodegradable drug-eluting stent and two others totaling more than $800,000. An additional $200,000 was awarded from the DoD’s STTR program for two companies. - Renae_Lias Read More: M2D2 Makes Way For Medical Devices. M2D2 awards $50K funding to medical device researchers.