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David McMullen of NIH on Blueprint Medtech, the program to help neurotech companies grow

Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

Release Date: 08/30/2021

Andy Cornwell on the Cleveland Neuro Design Entrepreneurs Workshop

Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

is a return guest on the show and he is the Associate Director of the Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He is currently putting together the second The deadline to submit is June 30th. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services Top 3 Takeaways: "The application deadline is June 30th and applications are open now. The workshop itself is September 22nd to 25th in-person here in Cleveland and the workshop is free to students. We provide you...

Evan Coopersmith on how software is just as important as hardware in neurotech machine learning

Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

is the galactic head of admonishment and also executive vice president of data science at . There they do contract work for machine learning in neuroscience and neurotech. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services Top 3 Takeaways: "One of the arguments I've often made is that it isn't only the hardware that holds us back. It is the software. When the software reaches a level of sophistication, suddenly the hardware is orders of magnitude more impactful." "Clearly we have learned how to understand patterns. We call these latent...

Kirill Korotaev on accessible eye tracking for neuroscience research- Purple Gaze

Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

is the CEO and founder of which is an AI Platform for collecting data from the brain using eye movements. ***This podcast is sponsored by Iris Biomedical, check out their Neurotech Startup Services Top 3 Takeaways: "There wasn't any significant innovation in the eye tracking technology for the last 15 years. And we thought that if we use modern computer vision and image processing techniques, we could make it much more accessible and easy to use, which in turn would open up new applications and create whole new industries." "We've just launched in the United States. The Communication...

E.J. Chichilnisky on what it takes to reproduce the neural code of the retina

Neural Implant podcast - the people behind Brain-Machine Interface revolutions

is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology at Stanford University. His research has focused on understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of electrical activity in the retina that convey visual information to the brain, and their origins in retinal circuitry, using large-scale multi-electrode recordings. His ongoing work now focuses on using basic science knowledge along with electrical stimulation to develop a novel high-fidelity artificial retina for treating incurable blindness. ***This podcast is sponsored by Ripple Neuro, check out their Neuroscience Research Tools Top 3 Takeaways:...

Duane Mancini on the Project Medtech and Medtech Money Podcasts

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is the host of the which talks about Medtech Device industry. They talk about the success storiies, advice, pitfalls, trends and more. Duane also helps run which accelerates medical technology to improve patient lives. Finally, Duane and Giovanni Lauricella have started the about how to raise money for medtech companies. Top 3 Takeways: "Actually defining the problem too is a big issue. And it's something that I didn't really realize was an issue. They're asking questions that are going to validate their problem rather than actually going out and doing some in-depth research. Is this...

Jack Gelman and Brock Lindsey on targeted muscle reinnervation for amputees

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Brock Lindsey and Jack Gelman are researchers at West Virginia University. Brock is an orthopedic oncologist who deals with bone and muscle tumors. Jack is a plastic surgeon interested in peripheral nerve surgery. Together they work on targeted muscle reinnervation in osseoimplants to bring back control for amputees. Top 3 Takeaways: Integrating prosthetics into the bone allows for better bone health since the bones are then under load Neuromas are transected nerves that continue to grow and cause pain. They've removed some that are the size of golf balls WVU has done 28 of these...

Neuralink's animal abuse, what you need to know

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A few weeks ago the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) based on a Freedom of Information request to look at the records of animals involved in trials at Elon Musk's Neuralink company. PCRM alleges that 15/23 monkeys used in the experiments have died and that they have been treated poorly. In a rare move from a Musk company, Neuralink published a explaining their position explaining some of the nuances of what happened. In this episode, I go over some of the facts of this case, my experience with animal studies, and then play a good which goes into more detail. ...

Karandeep Singh Badwal on building quality and regulatory at the start of your neurotech idea

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is a Quality and Regulatory Affairs Consultant in the field of Medical Devices. He is also the host of the MedTech Podcast where he talks to leaders in the field of Medical Technologies Top 3 Takeaways: "Once you understand your product, who's going to be using it, you can then build a risk assessment around that. But if you do not know what your product is, and you do not know the modes of failure, you really are going to struggle with this process." "So the UK is relatively easy for software devices. The EU has now become more difficult. Whereas previously the EU was considered to be...

Radhika Gupta and Adam Sefler on Neurotech Consulting from NeurotechX Services

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Adam Sefler and Radhika Gupta head up which is a distinct for-profit entity affiliated with the non-profit NeuroTechX. They offer consulting and recruitment services with the vision to aid in the commercialization of neurotechnology at a global scale. Top 3 Takeaways: "Our projects range from [client] projects coming right out of labs, to setting up a whole new division for a larger company, to describing and setting the marketing strategy for an [international] startup, to doing C-level executive search[es] on the recruiting side, but […], that's by no means a complete list of...

Mark Domyahn on marketing, regulatory, and reimbursement strategies for neurotech companies

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Mark Domyahn is a partner at JD Lymon where they help companies develop healthcare strategies. They help companies understand their unique value proposition and optimize their market potential. Top 3 Takeaways: "the FDA writes zero checks. They give you a license to hunt, but they don't guarantee you kill anything" "What I'm hearing more and more is the first question out of investor's mouth isn't what's your FDA pathway, it's what's your reimbursement strategy. Because FDA is at least a somewhat known entity. And they're the last entity that will tell you as a company "if you do this...

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David McMullen is the program officer at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They are launching the NIH Blueprint Medtech (links below) which aims to help incubate growing neurotech companies go from Bench to Bedside.

Top 3 Takeaways

"We're funding individual projects and trying to help groups in the past have struggled... to get funding and to get all the way to in human trials.
The Blueprint Medtech resource is meant to derisk later investment and grants for companies
"We saw some great programs... having difficulty when they come in - Can we decrease the activation energy to getting to first-in-human? Can we compress the timeline a little bit Can we spend that money a little bit more wisely and improve some of these outcomes?"

0:45 "Do you want to introduce yourself?"

5:45 "Do you want to describe your job? What do you do and what is the program director do?"

7:45 "Do you want to talk about the Blueprint Initiative?"

9:45 "This sounds almost like a government-led VC, am I off in this?"

11:00 "Do you want to describe the project a little bit?"

13:30 What are some guidelines of the project to fund neurotech companies?

16:30 "Generally, what stage should the company be at?"

18:15 "How do the hubs work? When I think of a hub, I think of a physical, like one location but does it have to be like that?"

23:45 "Do you want to talk a little bit about the motivation for this?"

26:30 "Is there anything that we didn't talk about that you wanted to mention?"

NIH BLUEPRINT MEDTECH LINKS

https://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/neurotherapeutics/blueprint-medtech/blueprint-medtech

-Home website for the Blueprint MedTech program. Overall figure explaining the program on the front page. The site links to the webinars and funding opportunities.

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Please reach out if you have any questions!

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

October 20, 2021 First receipt date. Multiple receipt dates.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-315.html

Blueprint MedTech Translator (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-282.html

Funding Opportunity TitleBlueprint Medtech: Small Business Translator (U44 - Clinical Trial Optional)

INCUBATOR HUBS:

Only 1 receipt date! October 20, 2021

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-21-314.html

Blueprint MedTech: Incubator Hubs (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)