Faculty representatives presented ideas for commercial cooperation with manufacturers and suppliers of medical devices

Within the event, or within the FBME block, which was moderated by Assoc. Prof. Jiří Hozman, Ph.D., Vice-Dean for Development and External Relations, were presented proposals of the faculty representatives from the field of commercial cooperation with manufacturers of medical devices, which are associated in the AVDZP. Primarily, these contributions were related to the interconnection of biology, medicine and technical disciplines, i.e. biomedical engineering, and especially the possibilities of application on the market of medical devices. With the exception of the last contribution, which focused on examples of the application of the HTA methodology, the following were the outputs of the faculty's scientific research activities that have the potential for commercialization of device prototypes (the individual topics are the result of the work of the relevant scientific teams of the faculty):

Braťka, P. et al.: Device for preparation of personalized wound covers and verification of safety and efficacy

Novák, M. et al.: TONAGENA - Electroporation and FMCW radar

Matějka, R. et al.: New materials for tissue engineering and 3D bioprinting - applications for model tissues, in vitro testing and soft tissue healing

Klimešová, I. et al.: Obstacle detector for the blind

Kubátová, I. et al.: Use of HTA in medical devices - possible applications

Already during the event it became clear that some manufacturers were able to offer cooperation on the above topics, which is very pleasing. Apart from this aspect, it should also be emphasised that PhD students are involved in the above topics, but students of the Bachelor's degree programme in Biomedical Technology and the follow-up Master's degree programme in Biomedical Engineering also. This has shown that these outputs have the potential for commercialisation and more such joint actions are needed. This was also one of the conclusions of the joint event, namely that we would organize a joint event again where faculty representatives would have more time to present similar outputs with commercialization potential.