M2D2 Presentations

Presentations from past events:

M2D2 Company Showcase and Open House

On Thursday, May 21, 2009 the M2D2 Company Showcase and Open House was held.  Below please see the speakers and presenters at this event. Twelve new product ideas were presented as well as Posters illustrating two dozen potential new products.

Please check back shortly to view the presentation videos from this event.  These video's will be uploaded to the Entrepreneurs section of the web site.

• Martin T. Meehan, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Brian S. Dempsey, MA State Representative & Economic  Development and Emerging Technologies Committee
• Bernie F. Lynch, City Manager, City of Lowell, Massachusetts
• Patrick J. Larkin, Deputy Director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative & Director of the MTC John Adams Innovation Institute
• Thomas J. Chmura, Vice President for Economic Development, University of Massachusetts 

Company Presentation and Posters

• M3 Medical Inc., Jory Tsai, Handheld Video Scope Endoscope Camera and Otoscope Camera
• Aura Medsystems, Inc., Mark Peters, Photochemical Tissue Bonding (PTB) 
• Actisite Pharmaceuticals Inc, Stephen H. Halem,  Actisite
• Micro Invasive Technology Inc. (MITI), John Bala, DirectView DIVA Laparoscopic System
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Yandong Jiang, Endotracheal Tube Without Wasted Ventilation
• ACCU-TAT, Jay Passmore, Sterile/Disposable Tattoo Device
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Padraig Cantillon-Murphy, (SAMSEN)Self-Assembling Magnetic System via Endoscopic Needle...Addressing Gallstone Disease
• MC10, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Flexible and Stretchable Sensor Sheets for Heart Monitoring
• Tufts Medical Center, W. Travis Lau, Novel Handheld Safety Suturing Device
• Children’s Hospital Boston, John Kheir, I.V. Oxygen Using Injectable Microbubbles
• Bryan Medical, Chris Adams, Moisture Sheild Bandage
• Automated Medical Instruments Inc., Martin Sklar,Minimally Invasive Surgical Solution for Atrial Fibrillation

Additional Posters

• MedicaMetrix Inc, Christopher LaFarge, ProstaGlove
• Aurora Flight Sciences, Liping Sun, Negative Pressure Vascular Wound Therapy
• VeinAid LLC, Thomas Kottler, Treatment of Superficial Venous Disorders of the Leg
• Oz Technologies, Oz Harmanli, User-Friendly Pessary
• Smart Surfaces, Tim Moutafis, Reactive Mattress
• HonTech Foundation for Medical Technology, Huanchin Li, Itch-Reliever
• NuOrtho Surgical, Jeff Morrill, Tissue Preservation
• VasoTech Inc., Tim Wu, Drug Eluting Stent
• Safe Rise, Sandra Hone, Safe Rise Lift Device
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Pat Andres, Accurate Test of Limb Isometric Strength (“ATLIS”)
• ReviveFlow, Ray Riddick, Cerebrovascular Arterial/Venous Switch (A/V Switch)
• Aragon Science, Thomas Shea, BioMediaPlayer
  

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SBIR & STTR Workshop for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Medical Device Industry

As capital markets scale up and investors seek out bigger returns, medtech entrepreneurs are struggling to find the critical seed funding needed to move their technologies from concept to initial design and testing.  Many are turning to federal and state funding sources as a way to bridge the gap between friends and family money and their first round of institutional investment.

The presentations listed below were given at our SBIR & STTR Workshop for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Medical Device Industry (Click on links for a copy of the respective presentations):

UMass Lowell Medical Device Design & Prototype Fabrication Capabilities (pdf), presented by Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director, UMass Lowell

UMass Medical School Clinical Trial Capabilities (pdf), presented by Sheila Noone, M2D2 Co-Director, UMass Medical School, Worcester

"Lab to Life": Funding Opportu"NIH"ties Through the NIH SBIR/STTR Programs (pdf), presented by JoAnne Goodnight, NIH Program Director

Context for Public Investment in Growing the Massachusetts Medical Device Cluster (pdf), presented by Robert Kispert, Director of Federal and University Programs, John Adams Innovation Institute, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

PowerStent(R) Drug Eluting System - A Case Study for SBIR Fast-Track Grant Application (pdf), presented by Tim Wu, President and CEO, VasoTech, Inc.