Spring is here, and the flowers are blooming - hopefully so are all those innovative ideas!
In this April issue:
Upcoming Alumni Association Events
General Announcements
New Biodesign Alumni Blog Posts
Policy Changes that Affect You
New Additions
Upcoming Alumni Association Events
FROM THE INNOVATOR'S WORKBENCH | MONDAY, APRIL 8
5:30pm | Li Ka Shing Berg Hall, Stanford University
Howard Levin and Mark Gelfand
Co-Founders, Coridea
Event Details & Sign Up
EXTREME BY DESIGN PREMIERE | TUESDAY, APRIL 9
5:30-7:45pm | CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford GSB
Extreme By Design is an inspiring documentary that follows a group of Stanford University business, engineering, and medical students as they design innovative products and services to solve problems of the world's poor as part of the Design for Extreme Affordability course. The film will air on PBS later this year.
Event Details & Sign Up
STANFORD GSB HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SUMMIT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
1-8pm | Knight Management Center, Stanford University
This year's Summit will explore how information technology has the potential to be a lightning rod for disruptive change in the healthcare field.
Event Details & Sign Up
FROM THE INNOVATOR'S WORKBENCH | TUESDAY, APRIL 23
5:30pm | Li Ka Shing Berg Hall, Stanford University
Omar Ishrak
CEO, Medtronic
Event Details & Sign Up
General Announcements
BECOME A 2013 BIODESIGN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBER!
Gain access to exclusive Alumni Association events. New member benefits this year include exclusive access to the VIP Innovator's Workbench Dinners (alumni invitations now only open to members) and one free Innovator's Workbench speaker ticket.
Join Today!
PLAY IN THE NBA
Okay, not the real NBA (who needs to make millions of dollars running around in front of adoring fans, anyway?), but the Networking Basketball Association. Current BiodesignFellow Andy Rink is helping to start a basketball league for technology professionals in the Bay Area. All talent levels welcome. Email richard.a.rink@gmail.com for more information.
New Biodesign Alumni Blog Posts
THE ORIGINS OF MEDTECH WOMEN
by Kate Rosenbluth
Posted March 11, 2013
Why do women rarely headline medtech conferences? Amy Belt pondered this question in the spring of 2009, looking out to a sea of navy blue blazers and calculating only 4% of the podium speakers at her three previous conferences were women. She was bothered that "it gave a visual that the experts were not women. That simply wasn't true."
Read More
TOP 5 REASONS TO AUDIT YOUR PATENT PORTFOLIO IN 2013
by Scott Smith
Posted March 25, 2013
Anyone who knows what "IP" stands for almost certainly also knows the three-letteracronym "AIA." (America Invents Act, in case you're not one of those people.) Many companies rushed to file big boluses of patent applications before March 16, 2013, when the final provisions of AIA went into effect and the United States converted to a first-inventor- to-file patent system. But simply filing patent applications quickly is only a small part of building a strategic, valuable patent portfolio. In fact, just filing applications quickly but haphazardly when a company's inventors toss invention disclosures over the wall is very unlikely to produce meaningful patents that yield significant return on investment.
Policy Changes that Affect You
SENATE PASSES AMENDMENT TO REPEAL THE MEDICAL DEVICE TAX
The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today applauded the adoption of an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 Senate Budget Resolution that expresses support for repeal of the medical device tax. The amendment passed with 79 votes.
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FDA MOBILE MEDICAL APP REGULATION WILL NOT EXTEND TO SMARTPHONES
Testifying before a US House of Representative hearing on mobile medical technology on March 21st, FDA official Christy Foreman indicated that the agency's approach to mobile medical app oversight will not include smartphones or tablets used to access such devices.
Read More
New Additions
We are very happy to welcome the next generation to the Biodesign Family:
Baby boy George, born to Erika Palmer ('08-'09 Fellow) on November 19, 2012.
Baby boy Navin, born to Asha Nayak ('01-'02 Fellow) on January 20, 2013.
Baby girl Nika, born to Venita Chandra ('06-'07 Fellow) on February 6, 2013.
Baby girl Joie, born to Beverly Tang ('07-'08 Fellow) on February 22, 2013.
April 2013
- Upcoming Alumni Association Events
- General Announcements
- New Biodesign Alumni Blog Posts
- Policy Changes that Affect You
- New Additions
Upcoming Alumni Association Events
EXTREME BY DESIGN PREMIERE | TUESDAY, APRIL 9
5:30-7:45pm | CEMEX Auditorium, Stanford GSB
Extreme By Design is an inspiring documentary that follows a group of Stanford University business, engineering, and medical students as they design innovative products and services to solve problems of the world’s poor as part of the Design for Extreme Affordability course. The film will air on PBS later this year.
Event Details & Sign Up
STANFORD GSB HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SUMMIT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17
1-8pm | Knight Management Center, Stanford University
This year’s Summit will explore how information technology has the potential to be a lightning rod for disruptive change in the healthcare field.
Event Details & Sign Up
General Announcements
BECOME A 2013 BIODESIGN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBER!
Gain access to exclusive Alumni Association events. New member benefits this year include exclusive access to the VIP Innovator’s Workbench Dinners (alumni invitations now only open to members) and one free Innovator’s Workbench speaker ticket.
Join Today!
PLAY IN THE NBA
Okay, not the real NBA (who needs to make millions of dollars running around in front of adoring fans, anyway?), but the Networking Basketball Association. Current BiodesignFellow Andy Rink is helping to start a basketball league for technology professionals in the Bay Area. All talent levels welcome. Email richard.a.rink@gmail.com for more information.
New Biodesign Alumni Blog Posts
THE ORIGINS OF MEDTECH WOMEN
by Kate Rosenbluth
Posted March 11, 2013
Why do women rarely headline medtech conferences? Amy Belt pondered this question in the spring of 2009, looking out to a sea of navy blue blazers and calculating only 4% of the podium speakers at her three previous conferences were women. She was bothered that “it gave a visual that the experts were not women. That simply wasn’t true.”
Read More
TOP 5 REASONS TO AUDIT YOUR PATENT PORTFOLIO IN 2013
by Scott Smith
Posted March 25, 2013
Anyone who knows what “IP” stands for almost certainly also knows the three-letteracronym “AIA.” (America Invents Act, in case you’re not one of those people.) Many companies rushed to file big boluses of patent applications before March 16, 2013, when the final provisions of AIA went into effect and the United States converted to a first-inventor- to-file patent system. But simply filing patent applications quickly is only a small part of building a strategic, valuable patent portfolio. In fact, just filing applications quickly but haphazardly when a company’s inventors toss invention disclosures over the wall is very unlikely to produce meaningful patents that yield significant return on investment.
Policy Changes that Affect You
Testifying before a US House of Representative hearing on mobile medical technology on March 21st, FDA official Christy Foreman indicated that the agency’s approach to mobile medical app oversight will not include smartphones or tablets used to access such devices.
Read More
New Additions
We are very happy to welcome the next generation to the Biodesign Family:
Baby boy George, born to Erika Palmer (’08-’09 Fellow) on November 19, 2012.
Baby boy Navin, born to Asha Nayak (’01-’02 Fellow) on January 20, 2013.
Baby girl Nika, born to Venita Chandra (’06-’07 Fellow) on February 6, 2013.
Baby girl Joie, born to Beverly Tang (’07-’08 Fellow) on February 22, 2013.
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