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24Sep

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San Antonio Business Leader Catherine Burzik Wins Lifetime Achievement Award For Contributions to Medical Tech Industry

San Antonio business leader and entrepreneur Catherine ("Cathy") M. Burzik will receive the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) for her many contributions to the medical technology industry. Burzik will receive the award, the highest honor given to someone who has worked in the medical device industry, during the MedTech Conference in Boston September 25. Catherine Burzik is a seasoned senior executive and has successfully led life sciences companies. Those receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award stand out in leadership, innovation, discovery, commercialization, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, venture capital and capital formation, as well as sustained contributions to the medical technology industry. She continues to play major roles in...

UT Health SA Clinician-Entrepreneur Invents Next-Generation Airway Device

4Feb

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UT Health SA Clinician-Entrepreneur Invents Next-Generation Airway Device

However easy it might look in movies or television shows, intubating or inserting a breathing tube into an unconscious person can be quite difficult, especially under stressful emergency conditions. When a patient is not breathing, every second counts until that person can receive oxygen again.San Antonio-based anesthesiologist and critical care physician Steven Venticinque, M.D., knows well the challenges in intubating patients both in the operating room and beyond. During his career in the U.S. Air Force, Venticinque led critical care air transport teams flying in Iraq and Afghanistan.Venticinque has been at UT Health San Antonio since 2007 and is a professor and interim chair of the anesthesiology department at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine. He now car...

San Antonio Hub To Foster Pediatric Medical Device Development

8Oct

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San Antonio Hub To Foster Pediatric Medical Device Development

The San Antonio-Austin hub of a pediatric medical device consortium announced Monday it is actively looking for innovative pediatric medical device entrepreneurs in need of investment and development resources.The Southwest National Pediatric Device Consortium (SWPDC) recently received a U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) five-year grant for $6.75 million. Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH), the largest children’s hospital in the U.S., and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), one of the largest recipients for pediatric federal research funding in the U.S. anchor the consortium. The FDA grant went into effect Sept. 1. and will enable the consortium to support pediatric medical device innovators with product, technology, and business acceleration services both regionally and nationally....

The Health Cell Spotlights Healthtech and Medical Device Startups

23Mar

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The Health Cell Spotlights Healthtech and Medical Device Startups

Have you ever wondered about the difference between a healthtech company and a medical device company? Some may think the descriptors are interchangeable but they are not. Regulatory pathways to get a medical device to market are markedly different than what it takes to get a health-focused technology product in the hands of the consumer. The amount of money it takes to launch and develop products for healthtech and medical device companies is not comparable, either.The Health Cell is sponsoring this panel to help innovative entrepreneurs understand the differences, as well as learn what it takes to launch each of these companies. Register here for the lunch, panel discussion, and question and answer period. The event will take place April 3, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Magnolia Hall...