HeartAttach: Cardiology Guidewire Separator The Cardiology department at the Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) has teamed up with Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art to co-design a new device to improve the clinical operator workflows for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Dr Aaron Peace, (cardiologist) and Dr Justin Magee (product designer) have worked together
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Recognising the shared vision of improving healthcare and strengthening the economy, Health and Social Care (HSC) Innovations, HSC Research & Development (R&D) Division and BioBusiness Limited (BioBusiness) have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This will facilitate collaborative working and knowledge exchange and commercialisation activity between academia, industry, and HSC bodies (clinicians and researchers). The
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Antrim Area Hospital’s Pharmacy and Medicines Management Centre was successful with two projects in the recent 16th Northern Ireland Health Care Awards. LAMPS (Live Automated Microbiology Pharmacy Surveillance System), its software-based surveillance system for monitoring antimicrobial resistance, won in the award category ‘Innovations in quality and efficiency through technology’, whilst WriteMed, an electronic Medicines Reconciliation
Read more ...Invest Northern Ireland has confirmed new deadlines for applications to its Proof of Concept programme.
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The HSC R&D Division has announced that its Knowledge Transfer Scheme is open to applications, with a deadline of 1st March 2013. Here are the details from HSC R&D:
Read more ...Invest Northern Ireland’s Proof of Concept programme is now open for applications. The programme aims to help researchers export their ideas and inventions from the laboratory to the global marketplace. HSC trusts are eligible. Up to £106,000 is available.
Read more ...A NISP Connect event at the Northern Ireland Science Park on 12th September will consider the answers to this question.
Read more ...As previously, HSC Innovations reminds members of staff in the HSC trusts to consider applying for the Wellcome Trust Translation Awards. Translation Awards are response-mode funding designed to bridge the funding gap in the commercialisation of new technologies in the biomedical area.
Read more ...The Health and Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency (HSC R&D Division) recognises that research findings should be translated into health or social care benefits as quickly and efficiently as possible. As such, funding is being offered under the Knowledge Transfer Scheme to aid the translation of research findings. The Knowledge
Read more ...The fifth theme of the Health Innovation Challenge Fund is Infection Response Systems: Development and application of technology for prevention, diagnosis, intervention and control of infection. The Challenge Infectious diseases account for over a fifth of human deaths globally and Health Innovation Challenge Fund – Infection Response Systems was last modified: June 28th, 2011 by
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