Call for Proposals: Sheikh Zayed Prizes for Pediatric Device Innovation

Call for Proposals: Sheikh Zayed Prizes for Pediatric Device Innovation As part of this competition two projects/companies will be selected to receive up to $50,000 award, each. The deadline has been extended to 17:00 EST on September 29, 2014! Eligibility The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation is seeking proposals from inventors in medical institutions, private practices, the business community, and academic researchers who have medical device concepts or ideas for use with pediatric patients. Proposals should address a significant, yet unmet need within the pediatric population with a device idea that lends itself to commercialization. The FDA defines a medical device as: A medical device is “an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part, or accessory which is: recognized in the official National Formulary, or the United States Pharmacopoeia, or any supplement to them, intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in man or other animals, or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals, and which does not achieve any of its primary intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body of man or other animals and which is not dependent upon being metabolized for the achievement of any of i...
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