From concept to exit strategies--medical device innovation.

It's quite a rollercoaster ride when you are part of a medical device start-up team. There are often many partners and processes that are not often taught in school or in the training to do research . For example, how does one obtain financing, protect intellectual property, set up a business, work with contract designers and/or manufacturers? Bringing a medical device business into existence is challenging and generally, only one in 10 medical device start ups make it. This lively 2-hour session brings together panelists with many years of start-up experience to give the audience a perspective of the many facets and ways to successfully (and sometimes not so successfully) bring a product to market. This is a panel discussion on the "nuts and bolts" of medical device innovation, how to do it, what to watch out for, a sharing of experience and lessons learned. The panelists include: Amir Belson M. D.--Neoguide Systems Thomas Conn--consultant Tom Goff, Kerberos MD; Eric Goldfarb--Evalve Sorin Grunwald, Ph.D./MBA--BC Tech Nicole Walker--Onset Ventures D.J. Williams, PhD--Loughborough University.