Health Technologies KTN

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Health Technologies

• Health Technologies KTN
• NIHR 'Invention for Innovation' programme with
  SEHTA
• 24 March 2009
• Tom Pinto

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Technology Strategy Board

• Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills
  (DIUS)
• supporting business and the education base to
  raise UK capability in science, technology and
  skills

• (Department of) Business, Enterprise and
  Regulatory Reform (BERR)
• supporting business through government policy

• Technology Strategy Board
• executive non-departmental public body
• sponsored by DIUS
• leadership role to accelerate UK business
  innovation
• Funding body to support business innovation

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Technology Strategy Board

• Connect and Catalyse
• Challenge-led innovation
• Technology-inspired innovation
• The innovation climate

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TSB Delivery Programmes

• Innovation Platforms
• Assisted Living IP ALIP
• Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents
• Collaborative RD programme
• Micro-Nano Centres
• Emerging Technologies and Industries
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Knowledge Transfer Networks
• More

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Assisted Living Innovation Platform (ALIP)

• Multi-government department supported (TSB, DoH,
  EPSRC, ESRC)
• Aims to encourage significant advance in support
  of people with long term disability, including
  age related concerns
• Enable independent living
• Home based support
• Relieve pressure on Acute NHS services

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HealthTech KTN Mission
To strengthen the global position of the UK
medical device and healthcare sector through a
dynamic national network nurturing innovation and
technology exploitation
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KTNs
What are Knowledge Transfer Networks (KTNs)?

• Inclusive and credible networks of all leading
  organisations and individuals
  contributing to greater UK output in
  technological advancements and innovative
  products
• Route for development of UK strategy in
  technology and innovation
• Route to grow UK RD capacity targeted to
  industrial need
• Route to communicate global market position and
  UK capabilities
• 24 KTNs addressing different technologies and
  sectors

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The Innovation Landscape
International
Regional
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Other Networking Opportunities

• Innovation events linking the supply chain
• Funding events raising awareness of current
  calls
• Inter-KTN events linking different technical
  communities
• Challenge events understanding challenges and
  needs to inform KTN and other bodies
• Networking events helping form new partnerships

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Special Interest Groups

• Advanced Woundcare
• Assistive Technologies
• Cardiovascular
• Cell-surface interaction and
• Tissue Engineering
• Dental
• Medical Device Clinical Trials
• Orthopaedics
• Urology
• New themes..

Courtesy Brunel University
Courtesy University of Birmingham
Courtesy UCL
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Support available

• Information funding schemes relevant to health
• Brokerage finding partners in UK and EU
• Signposting to information, networks, commercial
  support
• Networking opportunities to meet
• Portal for running meetings and sharing
  (confidential) documents

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Portal
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Portal events list
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HealthTech KTN - Track Record examples

• UK- Training
• 3 Doctoral Training Centres (Strathclyde, Leeds,
  Loughborough)
• UK Applied Research
• 33 CASE Awards
• 10 Collaborative RD programmes
• 4 KTPs
• UK Innovation Programmes
• White Rose Health Innovation Partnership
• 4 Healthcare Technology Cooperatives
• EU Framework
• Flagship Healthy Aims project

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KTN - Core Research

Orthopaedics Bone grafts for spinal fusion - led
by Cambridge Tools for pre-clinical evaluation
of novel knee hemi-arthroplasty devices - led by
Leeds University
Cardiovascular Adsorption filtration device for
fat removal in cardiac surgery - led by
UCL Dental Aluminium-free glass- ionomer bone
cements - led by Sheffield Development of self
disinfecting dental impression materials - led by
QMUL
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KTN CASE Award

• Surface Modification of Dental Implants using
  Nanofibres
• University of Liverpool/Friadent GmbH
• Investigation of potential of PTFE nanofibres to
  control cell behaviour on dental implants
• Aims
• secretion of collagen to form tight fibrous
  collar
• reduction of perimplantitis
• prevention of apical migration of epithelial
  tissue that competes with osseo-integration
• minimise probability of recession

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KTN CASE Award

• Substrates for Cell Transplantation for the
  Treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration
• University of Liverpool/Biomer Technology Ltd

www.eyesight.org
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Medilink UK

• Medilink UK brings together regional health
  technology associations, each of which is a
  formal partnership between the health technology
  industry, the NHS and Academia, to stimulate
  innovation and enhance the competitiveness of the
  health technologies sector

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Medilink UK
Medilink Yorkshire Humber CELS (North East)
Medilink North West Medilink West
Midlands Medilink East Midlands ERBI
Medtech MediWales Scottish Enterprise/Target
Innovations BioBusinessNI SEHTA (South
East) (South West RDA) (Medilink London)
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Medilink UK National Activity

• Medilink Review Magazine
• Medilink UK Portal
• Medilink UK Annual Awards

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Summary

• Health Tech KTN and Medilink UK available to help
  support
• Regionally
• Nationally
• Across Europe (e.g. Framework Programmes)
• Internationally (with UKTI, Foreign
  Commonwealth Office, and Science Innovation
  Network)

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General Contacts

• www.healthtechktn.com
• healthtechktn_at_twi.co.uk