M2D2 Sponsoring MVVF “Creating Class I & II Medical Devices”

Posted on 7 November, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

M2D2is proud to sponsor the following MVVF event.

Creating Class I & II Medical Devices

Thursday, November 10, 2011
600 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor

Lowell, MA 01854

5:00p.m. -8:30p.m.

M2D2 Innovation Hub Board Room

Wannalancit Mills Office and Technology Center

Keynote Speaker: Read McCarty

Read McCarty is a serial entrepreneur having founded, among other companies, Children’s Medical Ventures Inc. and Hawaii Medical – both companies were acquired by publicly traded companies. Read has invented both Class I And Class II medical devices. He recognized opportunity in NICU and newborn nursery market and then developed innovative products, created the manufacturing process and implemented successful marketing strategies.
Read will tell his story and the lessons he learned and is still learning at his new venture SunShine Medical.

Agenda:

5:00-6:00 Registration, Networking and Refreshments

6:00-6:15 Opening Remarks and Introductions

6:15-6:45 Keynote Presentation

6:45-8:00 Panel Presentations: Patent Litgation, Early Steps in Filing and
Protecting an Idea, Regulatory Issues for USA, Canada and
EU,Winning an SBIR grant

8:00-8:30 Q & A

Pleasefollowingthe link below to the MVVF registration page to registerfor this event.

MVVF
“CREATING CLASS I & II MEDICAL DEVICES” REGISTRATION PAGE

MVVF has agreed to extend the MVVF member rate of $25 to M2D2 members. Here is how the discount works: on the registration page click on the MVVF Affiliate button for the discounted admission rate of $25.In the Affiliate boxenter M2D2. After the event a final registration list of all who attended will be forwarded.

We would like to thank the following M2D2 sponsors for their support!

M2D2 Sponsor Event – ACCELERATION 2011: Nutter Early Stage Life Sciences Conference

Posted on 24 October, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

Greetings!

Please
find below information regarding the “Acceleration 2011: Nutter Early
Stage Life Sciences Conference. This event is being held by Nutter
McClennen & Fish LLP.

ACCELERATION 2011: Nutter Early Stage

Life Sciences Conference

November 17, 2011

3:00 – 7:00 pm

Nutter Conference Center

www.acceleration.nutter.com/2011

Presented by Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Co-Presented by Halloran Consulting Group and PwC

An outstanding line-up of speakers is being assembled for this conference including representatives of Atlas Venture, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Novartis, Smith and Nephew, Longwood Founders Fund, and Pfizer. Two panel discussions will examine issues and trends in early-stage development among life science companies.

The first panel will seek to answer the question “How Lean is Too Lean?” and will consider some of the pitfalls and challenges faced by development stage life science companies as they execute on a lean business model from raw technology through the clinical and operational phases of development and finally to commercial launch. The second panel asks “Are Big Pharma and Big Device the New Development Accelerators?”and will examine how large companies are deploying new external investment and development models to optimize their “buy” and “build” pipelines.

This free event is available by invitation only. Please visit

www.acceleration.nutter.com/2011 to request an invitation, view the Agenda and other information.

M2D2 SBIR/STTR Workshop – November 2, 2011

Posted on 24 October, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

M2D2 SBIR/STTR Workshop

Are you a medical device company thinking of applying for an SBIR/STTRgrant from NIH?

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

5:30p.m. -7:30p.m.

M2D2 Innovation Hub Board Room

Wannalancit Mills Office and Technology Center

600 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor

Lowell, MA 01854

M2D2
is a Medical Device Innovation Hub between UMass Lowell and UMass
Worcester. M2D2 has a history of successfully helping entrepreneurs
submit and receive SBIR and STTRgrant
funds from NIH. Come learn about SBIR and STTRgrantopportunities
from NIH for medical device development and learn about the things you
need to know to apply.

The session will feature Dr. Natalie Rudolph, from Rudolph Biomedical Consultingas a distinguished speaker.

Dr.
Rudolph’s familiarity with both corporate and academic research culture
draws on more than 24 years of experience in the biotech and biomedical
industries. She held scientific
and management positions at two start-up biotechnology companies, where
she helped to develop and support three lines of biomedical assay
reagents, managed an intellectual property portfolio, and coordinated
technology licenses and extramural research collaborations.
For the last 17 years, she has worked with small companies and research
institutions to develop R&D project strategies and fund them
through non-dilutive grants and contracts.

M2D2 SBIR/STTR Workshop

Please note all credit card & debit cards

are processed by paypal

Early registration admission fee $10.00

After Friday, October 28, 2001 admisstion fee $20.00

If you prefer to pay by check or cash, please email
m2d2@uml.eduor call Ruth Dubey at 978-934-3499.
Please make checks payable to “M2D2”. ALL CHECK AND CASH TRANSACTIONS
MUST EMAIL M2D2 TO PRE-REGISTERNO LATERFRIDAY OCTOBER 28, 2011.

We would like to thank the following M2D2 sponsors for their support!

M2D2 Sponsors

Posted on 19 October, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

Platinum Sponsor

Bronze Sponsors

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If you are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities
please contact us at:

M2D2@uml.edu or 978-934-3466

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Pictures from Grand Opening – M2D2 Medical Device Business Incubator, September 22, 2011

Posted on 3 October, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

Speaking Program. Starting from the left: Thomas Sommer, President of MassMEDIC, State Representative Thomas Golden, Senator Eileen Donoghue, Jay Gonzales, Secretary-Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Chancellor Marty Meehan, UMass Lowell, State Representative Kevin Murphy, Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director, Charles Leahy, Vista Scientific LLC Co-Founder.

Starting from the left: State
Representative Thomas Golden, Senator Eileen Donoghue, Jay Gonzales,
Secretary-Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Thomas Sommer, President of MassMEDIC, Chancellor
Marty Meehan, UMass Lowell, State Representative Kevin Murphy, Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director,
Charles Leahy, Vista Scientific LLC Co-Founder.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony. From the left: John Sullivan, Vice Chancellor for Research, UMass Medical School, Susan Windham-Bannister, President and CEO Mass Life Sciences Center, Jay Gonzales,
Secretary-Executive Office for Administration and Finance, State
Representative Thomas Golden, Chancellor
Marty Meehan, UMass Lowell, Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director, Senator Eileen Donoghue.

Inventor and Researcher Poster Session. From the left: Robert Thompson, Charles Leahy, Ed Ellis, Jack Rulander, Stephen Johnston, Vista Scientific LLC and Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-Director.

For more pictures, please click on the following link to the online gallery:
http://web.uml.edu/gallery/index.php/Events/M2D2-Opening-9-22-2011

M2D2 Grand Opening: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Posted on 2 September, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

September 22, 2011
Wannalancit Mill, 600 Suffolk St.,

Lowell, MA
10 a.m. Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
11.30 a.m. M2D2 Inventor and Researcher Poster Session

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M2D2 Open House – August 16th

Posted on 10 August, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

M2D2
Open House – August 16^th
5:30 to 8 PM

Wannalancit Mill, 600 Suffolk St., Lowell, MA

M2D2, the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center
atUMass Lowell opened a new medical device business
incubator/accelerator this month. The new facility is open for business
and
features state of the art wet labs, private offices, and flexible
cubicle space. Start-up companies and entrepreneurs can license the
space they needfromM2D2 and focus on growing their medical device from
idea to fruition.

Come to our open house event and learn how to launch your medical device company. Our experienced directors and executive team will be at the event and will sit down with you to discuss your idea!

LetM2D2 help your new medical device venture be a success!”

PLEASE RSVP to Wendy_zimbone@uml.edu

UMassLowell’s M2D2
978-934-3465

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts 01854

New M2D2 Facility Opens

Posted on 10 August, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

Open Office Area and Labs

Internal view of a lab and board room in the background

Collaboration break room and board room in the background

Pictures from M2D2 New Facility Open-House Preview Event

Posted on 26 May, 2011 by holly_butler@student.uml.edu

Steven Tello, M2D2 Associate Director; Kurt
Barringhaus, UMass Medical School;Marty Meehan, Chancellor UMass
Lowell;Robert Caret, President Elect UMass System; Sheila Noone and
Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Co-directors.

Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Director

Robert Caret, President Elect University of Massachusetts

Marty Meehan, UMass Lowell Chancellor

Robert Caret, President Elect University of Massachusetts; Marty Meehan, UMass Lowell Chancellor; Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Director, John Ting, Dean of Engineering

Steven Tello, M2D2 Associate Director, and Stephen McCarthy, M2D2 Director, Patricia McCafferty, Vice Chancellor of University Relations, Jacqueline Moloney, Executive Vice Chancellor, Renae Lias-Claffey, M2D2 and Government Relations Director, John Ting, Dean of Engineering.

Sheila Noone, M2D2 Director, Jim McNamara, Director OTM Worcester, Jill Murthi, M2D2 an CVIP UMass Lowell, and Rajnish Kaushik, CVIP UMass Lowell and Gayathri Srinivasan, M2D2 and OTM Worcester

Ruth Dubey and Renae Lias-Claffey, M2D2

Wendy Zimbone, M2D2 and Roger Hall, UMass Lowell

Satinder Rawat, Kurt Barringhaus, James McNamara and Gayathri Srinivasan, UMass Medical School

Amy Potts, Stream Product Development and Stephen Halem, Onstite Therapeutics

Anna Yaroslavsky, Associate Professor UMass Lowell

David Bertoni and Tim Moutafis, TheraTorr Medical Inc.

Jack Rulander and Satinder Rawat.

Jan Rimmel and Jon Nugent.

George Kachen , Director CVIP UMass Lowell, and Kathryn Carter, Dean of Management.

Kay Doyle, UMass Lowell and Renae Lias-Claffey, M2D2 and UMass Lowell

Kerry Lee Andken, CVIP UMass Lowell

Kim Ferraro and Susan Moulton, Sallop Insurance

Martin Sklar, Tony Raymond, Ann Fitzgerald

Nan Wu and Zhai Yao.

Randin Ralston

Shiva Subhashini Pakalapati and Alan Rux

Stephen Halem, Stephen McCarthy, Robert Thompson,Ed Ellis, Scott Gillis.

Steven Tello, M2D2 Associate Director, John Ting, Dean of Engineering, David Comeau, President of Albright Tech.

Timothy Looney, Creganna Tactx Medical and John Fontana, Nanocoeur.

M2D2 New Facility Open-House Preview Event

Posted on 2 May, 2011 by Serena_Bertola@student.uml.edu

Where & When

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

5:00-8:00pm

Massachusetts Medical
Device Development
Center

Wannalancit Mills
Building, 2nd Floor

600 Suffolk Street

Lowell, MA
01854

M2D2 in cooperation with The City of Lowell Small Business Week are proud to announce the preview of the new and exciting Incubator and office space of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2).

We are planning a special, pre-opening celebration of our newly renovated, Medical Device Incubator & Office space of the new M2D2 facility on the second floor of Wannalancit Mill.

Summary of New Facility

9000 square feet on the 2nd floor of the Wannalancit Mill
6 wet laboratory suites
Two office suites
Large office space area
Board room
Reception area
Break Room

Please join us on May 18, 2011 and come help us celebrate this exciting time with networking opportunities, a reception with refreshments and posters of Medical Devices and technology of several Medical Device start-up Companies that have and are currently being assisted by M2D2.

Early Admission: $20.00

After May 13, 2011: $25.00

Registration
requests can be emailed to Ruth_Dubey2@uml.edu
or you can register by phone by contacting
Ruth Dubey at 978-934-3499 or online at http://www.uml.edu/m2d2/News_and_Events/News_and_Events.html.
Registration fee payable by credit card (please note all credit cards processed
by Paypal), cash or check; Please make check payable to: ‘M2D2’. Only cash and checks will be accepted onsite!

Agenda

5:00 – 8:00 PM Networking Reception and Poster Session

List of Posters

5G Medical, Ergonomic Scalpel Handle Design for Accurate Incision, Ray Dunn

Agali Technologies, VigilCare Nick Gildred

Seign LLC, Ajjolos, System For Passive Stretching, Larry Casha

Aura MedSystems, Photochemical Wound Closure, Mark Peters

CMB Science, Electrospun Silk Material Systems for Wound Healing, Scott Wharram

Novita Therapeutics, A Novel Approach to Capitalizing Startup Companies, Howard Loree,II

MedicaMetrix Inc., ProstaGlove, Christopher LaFarge

MoMelan Technologies, A New Paradigm in Skin Grafting, Samir Sabir

Nano BPS, Optical Fiber Blood Pressure Sensor For Coronary Artery Disease: Blockage Evaluation and Localization, Xingwei Wang

NanoCoeur, The Next-Next-Next Generation of Coronary Stent, John Fontana MD

Orthopedic Load Sensor, Load Sensing Nail for Determining Rates of Fracture Healing, Jack Wixted

Oz Technologies, An Expandable/Contractible Pessary For Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Oz Harmanli

Source Production, Brachytherapy Delivery System for Treatment of Lung Cancer, John Munro, III

TheraTorr, Novel Mattress Concept for Pressure Ulcers, Tim Moutafis

UMass Medical School, US Patent 7,906,076: Method and apparatus for biopsy sample processing, Andy Fischer

Vasotech, PowerStent’ Drug Eluting Stent System, Tim Wu

Vista Scientific, LLC, Topical Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems, Charles Leahy

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For more information please contact us at:

M2D2@uml.edu or 978-934-3465

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