@article{86b743b24fd9448ab9cd86cba4582287,
title = "BioInnovate Ireland - Fostering entrepreneurial activity through medical device innovation training",
abstract = "In the midst of a rich environment for medical device development and manufacturing, universities can play a critical role by developing relevant training programs to produce entrepreneurs who can be efficient and successful in creating early stage companies by understanding deeply the issues involved in creating a useful device, how to raise money, designing early clinical studies and locating manufacturing partners.",
keywords = "Educational programmes, Innovation, Medical devices",
author = "Bruzzi, {M. S.} and Linehan, {J. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: M. S. Bruzzi is the program Director of BioInno-vate Ireland. J. H. Linehan has been an advisor from the conception of the program and is currently a member of the BioInnovate Advisory Board. BioIn-novate Ireland is a partnership between the National University of Ireland Galway, University of Limerick, University College Cork and Dublin City University. The program is supported by Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Medical Device Association and industry sponsors acknowledged in www.bioinnovate.ie. Funding Information: (such as Stanford{\textquoteright}s Biodesign program) primarily focus on the innovators, providing them with education, training and mentorship to become leaders in medical device innovation. Other university programs, such as those supported by the substantive Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnerships18 focus more on the inventions, providing seed grants and support around intellectual property, technology transfer and business strategy.19",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1007/s10439-013-0787-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "1834--1840",
journal = "Annals of Biomedical Engineering",
issn = "0090-6964",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "9",
}