Grow MedTech News Archives

The University of Leeds have launched five new free online learning courses focusing on medtech. These are available to anyone and can be completed as a series or as standalone units.

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23 Aug 2019

Translate MedTech secondment surgeries

Translate MedTech are running surgery days across its six partner universities throughout September and October, to support researchers in developing their secondment funding applications.

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12 Aug 2019

New cross-sector partnership to boost Leeds City Region healthtech sector

More than three million citizens across the Leeds City Region are set to benefit as senior leaders from the healthtech industry, the regional enterprise partnership, the NHS, local authorities, and five universities today announced a dynamic, new partnership to accelerate health technology innovation.

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2 Aug 2019

Prince Harry visits VR lab to see prosthetics and rehab research

Prince Harry received a demonstration of a new VR tool used to support the rehabilitation of amputees by Grow MedTech-supported researcher Ivan Phelan during a recent visit to Sheffield Hallam University.

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26 Jul 2019

Innovate UK commissions new survey on impact of new EU Medical Device Regulations for UK SMEs

Innovate UK commissions survey to understand how new EU Medical Device Regulations, due to be fully implemented on 26 May 2020, will impact UK SMEs.

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18 Jul 2019

Virtual reality tool leads new drive to train next generation of health specialists

A new virtual reality tool developed by the University of Leeds, which aims to promote nursing and other specialist health subjects to prospective students will use VR technology and educational workshops to engage school students.

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2 Jul 2019

Partnership will improve treatment and dignity for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

A tool to improve treatment for patients affected by Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) is being developed in a new partnership between the University of Huddersfield, UScale and Sheffield-based digital health company Elaros.

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27 Jun 2019

Free good practice guide: Investment-ready early-stage tech innovation

“Investment-ready, early-stage tech innovation” explains how focusing on early-stage innovation in a proactive way – through activities that identify problems, generate new ideas, and build productive teams – leads technology innovation projects to success and later-stage adoption.