Biodesign
Finland
Innovating Medical Technologies
in Interdisclipinary Teams
Biodesign Finland started in 2016. Organising partners for 2021:
Biodesign
Finland
Innovating Medical Technologies
in Interdisclipinary Teams
Biodesign Finland started in 2016. Organising partners for 2021:
Biodesign Finland & Neuvola 100 / Kaksplus
The Finnish maternetity and child care center innnovation Neuvola turns 100! Biodesign Fellows Annika Järvelin and Hanna Castren-Nieme were interviewed by the Kaksplus news outlet about their ideas for the future of this belowed Finnish invention. The interview is in in Finnish
New high-tech mouthwash uses light to kill harmful bacteria on teeth / Aalto University
The new method developed by Finnish researchers is based on dual-light photodynamic therapy. The method doesn’t interfere with friendly bacteria in the mouth, or cause bacterial resistance
Precision solutions for healthcare / Aalto University
Biodesign Finland projects utilise biomaterials to repair tissue damage and support the recuperation of mental health patients with environmental design. Identifying needs correctly forms the point of departure for all this.
Biodesign Finland provides boost / HCH
Espoo health tech startup Koite Health targets harmful oral bacteria via new product.
Check the Health Capital Helsinki article.
From left to right: Salla Keränen, Harriet Stenvall, Mikko Seppänen
The project is organised by Aalto University, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital and Metropolia. Get aquainted with our new Biodesign Innovation Fellows.
November 31, 2018
Elina Palovuori
November 1, 2018
Sakari Lukkarinen
Do you wantto create a new medical technology? We offer you funding, trainingto the Biodesign innovation process· You,together with your team…o willidentify the unmet medical needo willinvent and identify a solution to the identified needo cancommercialize the developed technology e.g. through a company you may establishafter the project We arelooking for 6 Project Workers with higher education to become a member for 2teams in the Biodesign Finland projects of 2019. Your field is e.g. business, medicine,technology or design. Together with your team, you will get trained to theinnovation process developed in the Stanford University after which you will beimmersed in the hospital environment to identify an unmet medical need. Afterthis you will start to invent and develop a solution to this identified need.After the 11 month project you have the possibility to commercialize theoutcomes of the project e.g. through a stratup company you establish togetherwith your team. The canidates are expected to have excellent skills in Finnishand English. BiodesignFinland is a non-profit innovation programme. The organizers of the year 2019project are Aalto University, University of Helsinki, Helsinki UniversityHospital (HUS), Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Laurea Universityof Applied Sciences. For moreinformation, contact the Project Manager of Biodesign Finland Asst. Prof.Heikki Nieminen (heikki.j.nieminen@aalto.fi), Research Director Prof. AnnePitkäranta (anne.pitkaranta@hus.fi) or Prof. Sampsa Vanhatalo(sampsa.vanhatalo@helsinki.fi).
In Biodesign, systematically identified medical needs are solved by inventing and implementing new biomedical technologies.
Developed at Stanford University, Biodesign aims at improved medical care by providing a novel entrepreneurial program to selected interdisciplinary teams and by creating new businesses. After initial training,the team is immersed in a clinic for a month to observe its processes. The team’s sole task during immersion is to identify 100–200 needs that have not been optimally met. After immersion, the team will brainstorm and analyze these needs in order to determine the most important and solvable ones. Eventually, one need will be chosen and a solution developed for clinical use and commercialization.
During the brainstorming and development phase, the team will be aided by a network of mentors, coaches, and stakeholders: clinicians, patient group representatives, scientists, engineers, IT experts, designers, and entrepreneurs. Depending on the technical or medical problem at hand, volunteer experts are asked to participate in some of the brainstorming sessions. One or two teams will participate in Biodesign training in each year; most of them are expected to lead to commercialization either in startups or existing companies.
We will offer an exciting, challenging,and potentially highly rewardingeducational experience to talented,energetic, and innovative individualswith great ambition.
Biodesign brings innovation activities aspart of everyday work in top hospitals.
Biodesign provides a chance totransform patient care and is a greatopportunity for talented individuals andhealthcare professionals. I have highexpectations of Biodesign!
Biodesign helps us to turn our thinkingon healthcare. So far it has been only anexpense but now we can rethink it alsoas an investment.
Biodesign provides a chance totransform patient care and is a greatopportunity for talented individuals andhealthcare professionals. I have highexpectations of Biodesign!
Biodesign is in the core of medicalinnovation. It has provenly transformedideas into real-world solutions that havemade clinical impact.
In Biodesign, we bring together theyoung talents in technology andmedicine to innovate in a real-lifeclinical setting. We expect nothing lessthan breakthroughs.
Biodesign is a world-famous conceptthat helps to start up successful medtechventures. This is due the fact that you’respending a lot of time with the customer,identifying their problems, not justsolving them.
Project manager:
Heikki Nieminen
heikki.j.nieminen@aalto.fi
Postal address:
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University School of Science P.O. Box 12200, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
Visiting Address:
Rakentajanaukio 2 C 02150 Espoo, Finland
Project coordinator:
Salla Keränen
salla.keranen@aalto.fi
Impact & communications coordinator:
Otto Olavinen
otto.olavinen@aalto.fi
