Invention 2 Venture Workshop: The Medical Device Startup Process

Baltimore, Maryland - Held on November 7th 2008, the Johns Hopkins University hosted a one-day Invention to Venture Workshop on the basics of medical device entrepreneurship. I2V Johns Hopkins University 2008 is a fast-paced day of practical information and networking opportunities that can help take your ideas to commercialization. The workshop will consist of seven critical-to-success sessions led by real-world entrepreneurial speakers, practitioners, and panelists.

The Invention 2 Venture Workshop: The Medical Device Startup Process, sponsored in part by Hopkins Medical Device (HMDN), was a huge success. Over 130 attendees, ranging from undergraduates here at Hopkins to businessmen from nearby companies, spent the day listening to speakers speak from their own experiences of the intricacies involved in medical device development. The presentations began with Dr. Elliot McVeigh, Massey Director of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, talking of how prepared members of the biomedical engineering community were poised to go forward with their ideas and bring their technology to market. Following Dr. McVeigh, presentations starting from idea validation to prototype development and founding the startup company to securing funding through venture capital were given.

“The workshop was amazingly organized and provided so much insight into how one goes from an idea in the laboratory to having a product on the market that can help thousands if not millions of lives,” says a graduate BME student.

Not only were the presentations informative and interesting, the I2V Workshop also allowed networking opportunities during the many catered gourmet meals. Students and faculty alike were able to approach businesspeople with deeper questions and opportunities. Indeed, the Workshop provided many avenues for those interested in commercializing their technologies.

“If anything, I would have liked having a smaller group where I can get detailed step-by-step instructions on how I can work with Hopkins to start a company,” said Dr. Charles Della Santina, an attending clinician-scientist.

For those that were unable to attend or would like to refer to the presentations given during the workshop, the presentations files are available below. Feel free to download them for personal reference:

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Invention 2 Venture Workshop Presentation Files

• Idea Validation (Mark Kroll)
• Idea validation (Joseph Smith - VP Emerging Technologies, Johnson & Johnson)
• Prototype Development (Ralph Cope - President, Accudyne)
• Prototype Development kroll
• Prototype Development (Brian Lipford - VP Strategic Devlopment, Key Technologies)
• Intellectual Property (Thomas Jackson - Partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell)
• Intellectual Property (Vern Norviel - Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
• Building the Startup Team (Jennifer Ellisseeff - Chief Scientist & Founder, Cartilix)
• Building the Startup Team (Santosh Venkatesha - CEO, Infinite Biomedical Technologies)
• The Business Plan (Larry Aronhime, Senior Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University)
• Venture Capital Funding (-ahn, TEDCO)
• NCIIA I2V Materials

Or you can download the presentations as a batch below:

• I2V files: Part 1
• I2V-files: Part 2

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Below are videos from the conference. To access the videos, use this password: hmdn_i2v08

• Panel Session - Kevin Forrest, James Poulos, Bruce Robertson, Amita Shukla - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008 Part 1
• Santosh Venkatesha - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Jennifer Elisseeff - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Vern Norviel - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Thomas Jackson - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Owen Faris - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Joseph Smith - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Panel Session: Mark Kroll, Eugene de Juan, Joseph Smith - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Mark Kroll - Johns Hopkins I2V 2008
• Eugene de Juan - Johns Hopkins I2V