New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Nat Biotechnol. 2022 Oct;40(10):1528-1529. doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01498-6.
Device development is a burgeoning, innovative industry, yet early stage scientists have little knowledge of venture creation and the steps required to develop a device, likely contributing to the high failure rate of device technology. At present, there is no national program that provides specialty education for biomedical product development. In response to this critical problem, the course was developed with the goal of integrating medicine, engineering, and business education to targeted multidisciplinary early stage researchers. Pilot data show there was a greater than 300% increase in cardiac device translational practices competency; 67% of respondents indicated they planned to develop a cardiac device. The data highlight the need to develop a device development educational core to further enhance national, international and multidisciplinary innovation and collaboration in the biomedical device domain.
器械研发是一个新兴的创新产业，但早期科学家对风险投资创建和开发器械所需的步骤知之甚少，这可能导致器械技术的高失败率。目前，没有为生物医学产品开发提供专业教育的国家项目。针对这一关键问题，我们开发了这门课程，旨在将医学、工程和商业教育整合起来，为目标明确的多学科早期研究人员提供教育。初步数据显示，心脏器械转化实践能力提高了 300%以上；67%的受访者表示他们计划开发心脏器械。这些数据突显了需要开发器械开发教育核心，以进一步加强生物医学器械领域的国家、国际和多学科创新与合作。
