Lab Course BioInnovation: from unmet clinical needs to solution concepts

by Dr. Benjamin Frisch, Prof. Nassir Navab
Tutors: Julia Rackerseder, Dr. Christoph Hennersperger

Type: Master Practical Course Module IN2106, Module IN2257, Module IN8021
Course Title: BioInnovation: from unmet clinical needs to solution concepts - Link to TUMOnline

Programs lab course: Biomedical Computing (Master), Informatics (Master), Informatics (Diploma)
Programs elective course: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, School of Management
SWS: 6
ECTS: 10 Credits

Meetings: See schedule below
The course will be conducted in English.

What is BioInnovation?

Do you want to find out about medical innovation? Do you want to develop a concept that can solve a clinical need? Do you want to find a good idea for a start-up company?

Then you should join BioInnovation, a hands-on seminar where you learn how to successfully identify unmet clinical needs within the clinical routine and work towards possible and realistic solutions to solve those needs. You get to know tools helping you to be a successful innovator in medical technology. This includes all steps from needs finding and selection to defining appropriate solution concepts, including the development of first prototypes. During the course, necessary steps for successful idea and concept creation are presented and fully realized in interdisciplinary project teams. During the project phase, each team is supported by coaches from academia, industry and medicine, in order to allow for direct and continuous exchange.

Course Features

• Work in interdisciplinary teams.
• Spend a minimum of three full days in full clinical immersion, identifying unmet needs.
• Get training by UnternehmerTUM tutors about coordinated brain storming, needs identification, needs selection and concept generation.
• Build your first prototype, with support from UnternehmerTUM MakerSpace.

For more details about the course and our project BioInnovation please visit the project webpage: http://campar.in.tum.de/Chair/ProjectBioInnovation

Who should participate?

We accept and encourage students of all possible disciplines to join for this lab course. Focusing on medical technology and applications to the clinical routine, we anticipate a broad field of studies as main audience, including:

• Computer scientists
• Engineers of any kind
• Biologists, chemists, physicists
• Business administration and economics students

Students should have basic knowledge and understanding of medical technology, with an interested in innovation within field. Due to the interdisciplinarity of project teams, skills within the respective area of specialty will be required throughout the progress of the lab course. We encourage students to work pro-actively with exchange within, but also across the borders of the teams.

Passing requirements

• Active participation and presence in the skills blocks and meetings
• Submission of all assignments in time
• Presentation of intermediate and final concept work.

How to be part of it!

Please apply for this lab course by mail in advance. We will select appropriate candidates based on their background, interests, and motiviation. The notification of acceptance to the course will be distributed before final courses have to be selected. The application deadline for students from the computer science faculty is over, places have been attributed through the course matching system.
Students from all other faculties (except computer science) are welcome to apply by sending their CV, an up to date score sheet, and a paragraph explaining their motivation for applying to this course (10 lines max) to benjamin.frisch@tum.de. Deadline was on the 30th of September to be able to provide an acceptance or rejection notification 10 days before the start of the lectures.

Collaborating Medical Departments

Klinikum Rechts der Isar - Urology Klinikum Rechts der Isar - Neurosurgery

Important News

Please check back here regularly, as important news will be posted here.

• 01OCT2015: A few places are still available, please apply as soon as possible!
• All those who applied before 01-JUL-2015 are asked to REAPPLY due to technical difficulties.
• The preliminary meeting will be held on 7th of July at 16h in the CAMP seminar room!

Course Phases

Period	Working Phase
20OCT-30OCT	Tools at hand for successful innovation in medical technology
01NOV-19NOV	Clinical observation in practice and daily routine
19NOV-30DEC	Collection and preparation of needs
01DEC-11JAN	Concept brainstorming and creation
11JAN-02FEB	Prototype construction, concept development and testing

Schedule

Date	Topic	Conducted by	Location	Materials
07JUL2015, 1600	Preliminary meeting ("Vorbesprechung")	Course Tutors	CAMP Seminar Room, 03.13.010
20OCT2015, 1600-1800	Introductory meeting, course organization, schedule	Course Tutors	CAMP Seminar Room, 03.13.010	Slides
22OCT2015, 0900-1300	Needs finding from A-Z	Course Tutors, Medical Experts, UnternehmerTUM	IFL
29OCT2015, 1200-1800	All about teams, brainstorming and concept creation	UnternehmerTUM	IAS Faculty Club
19NOV2015, 0900-1300	Needs evaluation and selection	UnternehmerTUM	UnternehmerTUM?
02DEC2015, 0930-1130	Presentation and selection of clinical need.	Course Participants, UnternehmerTUM?	UnternehmerTUM? Raum Berta
17DEC2015, 1200-1400	Presentation of concept solving unmet need.	Course Participants	IFL
on individual appointment, after 20JAN2016	Concept meeting, discussion with coaches and tutors	Course Participants, Course Tutors, Coaches	on appointment
04FEB2016, 1600-1800	Keynote speech Klaus Hambüchen. Presentation of final concept with demonstrator and evaluation (jury).	Course Participants	IFL

Literature and Resources

Innovation projects

• Stanford BioDesign program