Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium

Funding Opportunity!!!!!

💸 🚨 💸 We are excited to announce the Midwest Pediatric Consortium Fall 2024 grant award recipients! Please join us in congratulating (and learning more about) these innovative companies on their dedication focused on the future of pediatric healthcare! Eclipse Regenesis Esperto Medical Global Continence Inc. Gravitas Medical HeartPoint Global Inc. Navi Medical Technologies NeoCare Innovations OpalGenix Thank you to all applicants, we eagerly strive to serve the amazing work you continue to do! For any current or future applicants, companies, or technologies, please reach out to us at MPDCinfo@pedsinnovation.org ! #MedTech #Innovation #PediatricHealthcare

🎉 Reflecting on a Transformative 2024 with smallTalk 🎉 I’m incredibly proud to share what we’ve accomplished this year as we work to revolutionize care for preterm infants and their families in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). For parents, separation from their newborn in the NICU creates immense stress and uncertainty, often leading to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. For infants, a NICU stay can take a toll on their developing brains, with longer hospitalizations tied to adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. At smallTalk, we’re dedicated to utilizing our patented voice technology to help address these challenges. 2024 was a year of incredible progress! Our work is partially funded by you, the taxpayer, through a $2.5M Phase II SBIR grant. 🌟 Q1 Highlights Finalized labeling and clinical study plan for the Active Egg—our pacifier-activated speaker to improve brain development in hospitalized preterm infants (pending FDA clearance). Launched our pivotal, multi-site RCT funded by the NIH. Approximately 200 preterm infants, 32 weeks and older. 20 sessions. - Control Group: Daily exposure to maternal voice via the NICU Egg speaker. - Intervention Group: Daily exposure to pacifier-activated maternal voice via the Active Egg speaker and sensor. - Outcome: Time-locked EEG measurement of speech-sound processing (Event Related Potentials), a biomarker of brain development associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes. 🌟 Q2 Highlights Exhibited the NICU Egg at the National Association of Neonatal Therapists conference. Overwhelming enthusiasm, at the meeting's busiest booth! Accelerated patient enrollment in our study, putting us on time and on budget.  🌟 Q3 Highlights Initiated early product evaluations with select NICUs, ramping up efforts to gather valuable feedback. Exhibited at the National Association of Neonatal Nurses conference. Nurses love our nurse-driven product design! 🌟 Q4 Highlights Joined the Trailblazer Health Accelerator in #CLE, securing up to $125K in non-dilutive funding and invaluable connections through JumpStart Inc.. Launched our $1M Seed Round, successfully closing over $350K to date. Selected an Ohio-based partner for manufacturing and began the transfer process. Celebrated eight newly issued patents, bringing our total to 14 issued patents worldwide. 2024's milestones bring us closer to our vision of improving neurodevelopmental outcomes for preterm infants while strengthening the bond between parents and their babies. The NICU Egg will be available for sale to hospital NICU’s starting in April! Thank you to our partners, supporters, and the inspiring NICU community for believing in our mission. #NICU #NeonatalCare #Innovation #Neurodevelopment Rev1 Ventures Nationwide Children's Hospital Design Central Big Kitty Labs Odic Incorporated JALEX Medical, LLC Midwest Pediatric Device Consortium Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics Project Medtech

🌟 An exciting opportunity for medtech innovators! Join MedTech Color for a critical discussion on Equity in Action: Redefining FDA Clinical Trials Through Inclusive Research! 🌟 📅 Date: January 31, 2025 🕐 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST 📍 Virtual Event: https://lnkd.in/g2wGzFpA Discover how to achieve truly representative clinical trials and address systemic barriers to equitable healthcare in this insightful panel discussion. Featured Panelists: - Dr. Candice Carpenter, MD, MBA (Oxon), MPH, EdM - Brittany Gerald-Lewis - Maria Restrepo, Ph.D. - Seble Yigletu - Nadine Spring, PhD Let’s innovate for a more equitable healthcare future! #MedTechColor #ClinicalTrials #DiversityInHealthcare #FDA #Equity

🚨 🚨 Pediatric Medical Device Award Opportunity 🚨 🚨 Our sister PDC and friends at UCSF-Stanford are accepting applications for their annual accelerator pitch competition!!! Applications are opened until January 17th of 2025, for more details please see the flyer below! Please share this with you pediatric MedTech contacts! The prizes include: 💸 Up to in $75,000 Award Money 🤝 Advising, Commercialization and Partnerships! Apply or share! https://lnkd.in/gDhBdcV6 https://lnkd.in/gsBu5CRb

Very excited to celebrate our partners at ACTION for successfully expanding labeling with Johnson & Johnson MedTech! It's a huge milestone in the effort to deploy medical devices to our pediatric patients!

Very excited to celebrate our partners at ACTION for successfully expanding labeling with Johnson & Johnson MedTech! It's a huge milestone in the effort to deploy medical devices to our pediatric patients!

Calling all innovators and trailblazers in #pediatric medical countermeasures! Are you developing groundbreaking solutions to address the unique medical needs of children during public health emergencies, pandemics, or other crises? Now is your chance to take your innovation to the next level! We are excited to announce that applications are OPEN for our accelerator Hub, SPARK for Innovations in Pediatrics. This program, sponsored by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), supports transformative projects in #Vaccines, #Diagnostics, #Therapeutics, #MedTech, and Digital Health Tools. Selected innovators will join our ecosystem and gain access to expert mentorship and resources to accelerate the development and commercialization of their pediatric-focused medical countermeasure. Learn more and apply: mcm4kids.org/funding #PediatricInnovation #MedicalCountermeasures #MCM4Kids #InnovationForChildren #PublicHealthInnovation #RFP #FundingOpportunity Mary Larkin Manbir Singh Ashim Subedee Stephanie Sturm Kamran Tariq, Ph.D. Children's National Hospital Children's National Innovation Ventures

Pediatric #MedicalDevice development is full of unique challenges—and hidden opportunities. 🩺✨ At this fall’s #MidwestPediatricDeviceConsortium (MPDC) showcase, experts such as Cincinnati Children's own Micah Dean shared pro tips for investment and advancement of small devices for the smallest patients. #PediatricInnovation #MedTech #Healthcare #DeviceDevelopment #MPDC Aniruddha Puntambekar, McKay Noll, Cory Criss, Jon Brophy Panelists: Duane Mancini, M. Sc., John Parker, Emma Moran and Wayne Embree