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Follow on Google News | 16 Promising Start-Ups Advance to The Finals Round of MedTech’s Got TalentVictoria’s medtech industry demonstrated breadth of talent and promise that exists in this vibrant sector at the Rapid Fire elimination round of ‘MedTech’s Got Talent’ where 16 early-stage business and product concepts advanced to The Finals.
By: STC (Small Technologies Cluster) 30 applicants pitched their concepts to a panel of seasoned product development mentors representing Victoria’s world-class design houses. Each mentor chose two teams to mentor intensely leading up to The Finals to be held in December where industry executives will select five winners to receive $20,000 and entry into a 3-month accelerated technology roadmapping program. The pitches included things like a novel x-ray free cardiovascular imaging device, a comfortable sleep apnea diagnostic, a minimally invasive bran machine interface for bionic limbs, a novel breast cancer diagnostic, a neonatal digital stethoscope, an epinephrine pen that is intuitive and reduces accidental injections, smart textiles for sports injury prevention, a less invasive seizure diagnostics platform, a remote monitoring platform for aged care, a medtech crowdfunding platform, an alternative to non-specific sports taping, a simple ultrasound, a robotic arm for people with limited upper mobility, a smart crutch, an artificial placenta for premature babies and much more. The Service Sponsors of the challenge are providing valuable in kind support to challenge participants: ABOUT STC: STC promotes commercialisation and entrepreneurship around next-generation innovations with programs that grow new businesses. Many sectors, like biotechnology, medical devices, life science and information technology, are converging around this rapidly growing core of cutting edge innovation. STC seeds and catalyses new industry opportunities through the development and uptake of small and emerging technologies. STC provides the infrastructure to accelerate commercialization, links with key stakeholders across industry, government and academia necessary to nurture cross-fertilisation of innovation, and is the clear and consistent voice of those developing, integrating, or supporting emerging enabling technologies. End
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