News
June 24, 2011
Linda Ulrich, MD, from the FDA suggested that consortium members review the following RFAs:
Safe and Effective Instruments and Devices for Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (SBIR) "R43") http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-12-192.html (RFA-HD-12-192) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Application Receipt Date(s): September 19, 2011.
Safe and Effective Instruments and Devices for Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (STTR) "R41" http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-12-193.html (RFA-HD-12-193) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Application Receipt Date(s): September 19, 2011.
Also, PMDI has created a chart of projects it has identified to have potential in these RFAs. Several are in need of a small business to be competitive. Interested parties can contact Andy Muelenaer or Al Wicks:
NIH Category Project Title Company Medical PI University Affiliation Pulmonary Tracheal Air Flow Yes VT Closed Loop Oxygen Regulation Yes VT Metabolic Microinfusion Pump Yes ODU/NASA Automated Abstinence Score Yes VT Brain General Movements and CP Yes VT/WFU SBES June 10, 2011
PMDI President & Chief Medical Officer delivered a presentation at the 57th Annual Conference, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs today. To view his presentation entitled, PMDI & Small Businesses for Product Development, click here.May 12, 2011
PMDI Corporate Collaborators were well represented at TechNite 2011 at The NewVa Corridor Technology Council Annual Awards Ceremony. Peter Lazar from eBroselow was given the Entrepreneur Award, while Michael Fleming from TORC & John Davis from Rhinoguard were two of the seven nominees in this category. Sam English from CIE Partners & Attention Point was the recipient of the NewVa Leadership Award. eBroselow was also one of the three finalists for the Rising Star Award. See complete list of winners and nominees>Thomas Ruscher, graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech presented his work sponsored by PMDI in a poster entitled, "An Acoustic Sensor For Airflow in Pediatric Artificial Airways", at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine/Carilion Clinic Research Day. Also conducting projects sponsored by PMDI, Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering graduate students Matt Dowden & Carlos Guevara, had their abstracts published in the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine/Carilion Clinic Research Day program.
April 21, 2011
Dr. Muelenaer, along with undergraduate & graduate students from Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering, and a student from Arnold R Burton High School Center for Engineering presented "Innovating for Children’s Health: Is There A Role For You?" at the monthly meeting of the NewVa Corridor Technology Council.April 12, 2011
Dr. Andre Muelenaer presented "The Total Product Life Cycle and Human Factors in Device Development" at the Design of Medical Devices Conference 2011 held in Minneapolis, Minnesota April 10-12.April 2011
Dr. Andre Muelenaer was quoted in an article entitled "Give Life-Saving Meds Faster With New e-Broselow System" in the April issue of ED Nursing, Vol. 14, No. 6. pp 71-72.March 25, 2011
Drs. Al Wicks & Andre Muelenaer, along with graduate students from Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering, presented Pediatric Medical Device Institute projects for potential collaboration with students from the new Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.February 3, 2011
PMDI's chief medical officer highlighted in Virginia Tech Research Magazine.Read entire articleDecember 19, 2010
PMDI seen as means to regional health sector economic development.
Founders, Al Wicks & Andy Muelenaer, credited as they "Work to drive health science business expansion in Southwest Virginia". Read entire articleDecember 17, 2010
PMDI project highlighted by Virginia Tech
PMDI Chief Medical Officer, Andy Muelenaer, Chief Technology Officer, Al Wicks, and VT Graduate Student, Carlos Guevara were the focus of an article entitled "Virginia Tech, Carilion team with physician to create digital version of ER pediatric response chart", published in the daily online, Virginia Tech News.Read moreDecember 5, 2010
PMDI corporate collaborator, Zolstice, was featured in the 12-05-2010 Sunday business section of the Roanoke Times. PMDI was responsible in facilitating the relationship between Peter Lazar and Drs. Jim Broselow and Bob Luten. Read more about it at http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/269593. Also, related to this article, was a brief discussion of TEAM Broselow, featuring VT graduate student, Carlos Guevara, and PMDI chief medical officer, Andy Muelenaer. Read moreOctober 26, 2010 - News from M-PED
44 ACTIVE PROJECTS
We now have 44 active pediatric device projects. Read more about our projects.
CONFERENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA
COMPANY DEDICATED TO PEDIATRIC CATHETERS
PMDI (Pediatric Medical Device Institute) is hosting a Pediatric Device Conference November 18 - 19 in Winston-Salem, NC. In addition to two tracks of presentations, the following speakers will be featured: Mark Delmonte, Director of Washington, DC Office, American Academy of Pediatricians, Steve Hirschfeld, Associated Director for Clinical Research, NICHD, Susan Cummins, FDA Senior Science Advisor. Registration is $75.
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PediaWorks and MediKit have launched PediaCath, a company dedicated to the development and marketing of pediatric catheters. More >October 19, 2010
PMDI joins The NewVa Corridor Technology Council (NCTC)
"The NCTC is a non-profit member-driven association of businesses and organizations in the greater NewVa Region (encompassing Roanoke and Blacksburg, VA), working together to promote the growth and success of the region's technology sector." Learn more about NCTC.
Learn more about the technology and our region. More>October 7, 2010
Registration opens for 1st PMDI Consortium Conference. REGISTER NOW!!September 30, 2010
We are pleased to announce the 1st PMDI Consortium Conference coming on November 18th & 19th at The Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center, Winston-Salem, NC. More>September 2, 2010
SOLICITATION of the National Institutes of Health and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for Small Business Innovation Research Contract Proposals. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm
PROPOSAL RECEIPT DATE: November 8, 2010
SBIR contracts are an excellent means for funding of new devices. PMDI encourages you to consider submitting an application for this solicitation, or for the more general omnibus solicitations with Standard Receipt Dates: April 5, Aug 5, Dec 5. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-050.html
PMDI has budgeted limited funds to support writing of applications for programs such as SBIR. Please contact us if interested.September 1, 2010
Grant awarded by the Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital for preliminary work on a flow sensor for tracheostomy tubes.
Based upon needs expressed on a periodic basis through the PED-Lung internet list serve, and interest in creating a solution via the PMDI process, Joe Tamez, MD, and Al Wicks, PhD, collaborated on a grant proposal to develop a novel air flow sensor that overcomes most of the challenges in using current methods to monitor infants and children with critical airways. This acoustic sensor will be based upon time of flight principles, and proof of concept has been completed. PMDI facilitated the grant application process, and has continued to monitor and manage this funded project. Dr. Tamez is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, and Dr. Wicks is associate professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Several Virginia Tech undergraduate and graduate students will participate in this exciting project.
An acoustic signal is sent from one transducer to the other transducer. The time of flight of the signal is dependent on the direction and velocity of the flow in the tube.