Device Tech Transfer: A Tale of Two Programs
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Though the very basis of the biotech industry, university technology transfer in medical devices has largely been ignored. The difficulty behind device tech transfer: innovation occurs differently in devices than in biotech. New device designs are frequently the result of sudden realizations by physicians, rather than extensive clinical discovery. Stanford University and Germany's Steinbeis Center are implementing different approaches, evolving out of their respective environments, but aimed at achieving the same goal: promoting device technology transfer.
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