BMEidea and BMEstart competitions

Phil Weilerstein

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2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

BMEidea submissions due April 4, 2014

Awards will be presented to winners at the 2014 MD&M Medical Device Tradeshow and Convention

Open to graduate and undergraduate students

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

2013 BMEidea winners

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

$2.5K Third Prize Gaia Pump Johns Hopkins University

Susan Thompson, Baltimore, MarylandAdriana Blazeski, Ann Arbor, Michigan

A hands-free, concealable, and quiet breast pump that women can use discreetly in the presence of others.

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

$5K Second Prize Stanford University

• The Wyshbone a drug delivery catheter, device that continuously applies lidocaine, to the throat reducing the discomfort of having a breathing tube inserted.

Rush Bartlett, Stanford UniversityRyan Van Wert, Stanford University

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

Enables nurses to perform routine monitoring of patients’ vascular health at the bedside.

$10K First Prize EchoSure Johns Hopkins University

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

May 2 BMEStart 2014 submissions due• A health-related technology• That is invented by undergraduate students• Which addresses a real clinical need

Competition entries will be judged on the following:

• technical, economic and regulatory feasibility• contribution to human health and quality of life• technological innovation• potential for commercialization

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2013 winners announced September 26, 5:45 pm, BMES Town Hall, State of the Society & Award Ceremony, ROOM 6E, WSCC

2013 BME-IDEA – Seattle, WA

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Applications Submitted to BMEidea and BMEStart

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