BIOE 375: Biodesign Innovation Project
(MED 273, ME 369, OIT 582/4)

Graduate or postdoctoral students from the schools of business, engineering, humanities & science, law and medicine are invited to participate in the Elective Course, BioE 375A (Winter) and BioE 375B (Spring). This is a companion course to BioE 374A and 374A is required to be taken in conjunction with 375A. Undergraduates with exceptional background will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Note: Students who have completed the A quarter will be given preference for the B quarter.

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Elective Course Structure

• Needs Assessment
• Research
• Intellectual property
• Biomedical ethics
• Brainstorming
• Assessing Clinical and Market Potential
• Developing patent strategies
• Prototyping

The two-quarter Elective Course series provides hands-on training that exposes students to the practical aspects of technology invention and development. The class is a companion course to BIOE 374 - students work in small project teams in the Biodesign prototyping lab or bench space, collaborating with the fellows of the program.

375A

Interdisciplinary student teams select a medical need, characterize it fully, develop a needs statement, invent potential conceptual approaches to solving the need, and pursue initial prototyping and planning for regulatory and reimbursement pathways. Guest experts. Corequisite: BIOE 374A.

375B

IInterdisciplinary teams select the most promising invention from BIOE 375A and move into prototyping and project planning. Teams develop strategies for patenting, FDA submission, third-party reimbursement, licensing agreement or launching a start-up, including cash forecasting and business plan. Prerequisites: BIOE 374A, 375A. Corequisite: BIOE 374B.

Course Content

Course content (syllabus, homework assignments, etc.) is maintained on the Stanford Courseworks website. Once a student is enrolled in the course, access is given to the courseworks pages. [AVAILABLE DURING QUARTER]

• A Quarter Coursework page (for students and faculty)
• B Quarter Coursework page (for students and faculty)