Jon is the founder of Greenlight Guru (quality management software exclusively for medical device companies) & a medical device guru with nearly 20 years industry experience. Jon knows the best medical device companies in the world use quality as an accelerator. That's why he created Greenlight Guru to help companies move beyond compliance to True Quality. Top 3 Takeaways If it isn't documented, it didn't happen. One particular audit didn't take four days. It took two days because the Greenlight...
Aug 23, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Aldo Faisal is the Professor of AI & Neuroscience at the Dept. of Computing and the Dept. of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. His work is in Machine Learning and eye tracking to improve neurotechnologies. Top 3 Takeaways "What we do is we get people to move into our living lab/studio flat and they live their daily lives, and we record everything that they do, how they do, where they look, we record the eye movements, the body movements, and everything." "The more subjects you...
Aug 09, 2021•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Florian Solzbacher is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Blackrock Neurotech which has the Utah Electrode Array, the only FDA-approved neural implantable device. Blackrock Neurotech recently closed a $10 million financing round, led by Christian Angermayer's re.Mind Capital with participation from Peter Thiel, German entrepreneur Tim Sievers, and Sorenson Impact's University Venture Fund II. Top 3 Takeaways "In the end, you have to have the drive. It has to be a passion. And then you will find a ...
Aug 02, 2021•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thomas Oxley is a neurosurgeon who is also the founder of Synchron which makes the Stentrode . Instead of requiring invasive brain surgery for implantable neural devices, they are able to use stents such as those used in cardiology to collect neural signals Top 3 Takeaways: Stentrode implantation it's one of the simplest stent procedures. Got a $40 million Series B funding round from Khosla Ventures thanks to the success of in-human studies as well as the potential to piggyback off of existing h...
Jul 26, 2021•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Giovanni Lauricella is a Vice President of the Mullings Group which is a Medical Device Technology recruitment firm. He helps startups in the neurotech space find talented people from the most experienced down to the entry-level positions. Top 3 Takeaways: "Always pull on your network, always pull on that trust factor because people go to work for people. That's what they do, especially in startups and especially really early-stage startups" "If you want to be headhunted, make yourself available...
Jul 19, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kunal Ghosh is the founder and CEO of Inscopix which uses imaging tools to understand the brain in both health and disease. Top Three Takeaways: Miniscopes were invented out of a need for tools that have the ability to monitor and record large-scale neural circuit activity Imaging tools have the advantage of scale, single-cell resolution, longitudinal recording capabilities, and labelling for specific cell types Inscopix technology has enabled over 150 scientific papers 0:45 "Do you wanna introd...
Jul 05, 2021•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ulrich Hofmann is a Professor at the University of Freiburg in Germany working on some of the cutting edge and newest things in the field of neurotechnology. Top Three Takeaways The 8 micron limit for not causing a foreign body response might actually be closer to 1 micron Magnetoelectric nanoparticles might be the solution towards getting to the dream of having a 0 dimensional neural probe Neural Implants seem to activate those genes found in brain tumors 3:00 "You're working in Freiburg, which...
Jun 28, 2021•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Blythe Karow is a medical device veteran who is now the cofounder and CEO of Evren Technologies , a medical device company making a wearable Vagus Nerve Stimulator to help with the problems brought about by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Top 3 Takeaways Not only veterans but first responders often get PTSD and 1/9 women will have it at some point in their lives Stimulating the auricular (ear) branch of the Vagus nerve has fewer side effects but with a calming effect on the body Diagnosin...
Jun 21, 2021•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicolas Vachicouras is the cofounder of Neurosoft Bioelectronics which is focusing on utilizing a novel soft electrode material in neural implants. The company comes out of Switzerland and has partnerships with the Stephanie Lacour lab and the Wyss Center 1:45 "Do you want to talk a little bit about yourself and your work and Neurosoft?" 4:30 "What's the benefit of soft versus hard implant?" 7:00 "Is the foreign body response, something that happens in ECOG as well, does the body react poorly to...
Jun 14, 2021•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anish Kaushal is an analyst at Amplitude VC which is looking at investing in neurotech companies. In this episode we talk about what they look for when investing into a company 1:30 "Do you want to introduce yourself a little bit? " 10:30 "How is venture capital different in med tech versus Silicon Valley?" 14:15 "So you guys do, would you say that you guys put more research upfront into investments vs Silicon Valley-style investors?" 16:30 "Due Diligence for, six months or a year, what are you ...
Jun 07, 2021•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Silvestro Micera is a professor at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland focusing on developing neural interface implantations in patients. In particular, the following research fields are currently investigated: robotic systems for neurorehabilitation experiments for the investigation of neural control of movement development of neural interfaces with the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). development of hybrid neuro-prosthetic syst...
May 31, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Warren Grill is a professor of biomedical engineering at duke university. He is the chief scientific officer of NDI medical LLC, Managing director of NDI Healthcare fund. He is the cofounder and chief scientific officer of Deep Brain innovations and Chief scientific advisor of SPR Theraputics. His research interests are in neural engineering and neural prostheses including design and testing of electrodes and stimulation techniques, the electrical properties of tissues and cells, and computat...
May 24, 2021•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eric Chang is a Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the Institutes of Bioelectronic Medicine and Molecular medicine at the Feinstein Institutes of medical research at Northwell Health . His areas of interests are Neuro-immunology, electrophysiology, microscopy and bioengineering. In today’s episode, Eric talks to us about his work with the vagus nerve and approaches being used in his lab to understand signalling between the nervous system and immune system. Top three takeaways: We haven't ...
May 10, 2021•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Marom Bikson is a Biomedical Engineer. He is a Professor at the City College of New York City and also the co-director of the Neural Engineering Group . Marom has been at the City College of New York for over 15 years. He has a B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering from John Hopkins University and a PhD from Case Western University Cleveland. He cofounded Soterix Medical . Marom's research group studies the effects of electricity on the human body and applies this knowledge toward the development of me...
May 03, 2021•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dustin Tyler is a Kent H Smith professor at the Case Western Reserve University and the Director of the Human Fusions Institute. He has a secondary appointment as the principal investigator at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran Affairs Medical centre. His expertise and interests include directly connecting humans and technology over the neural system to improve human performance and capability. His areas of work include clinical trials of Class III medical devices with emphasis on ...
Apr 26, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Professor Paul is an assistant professor of Bioengineering, Neurosurgery and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University . He r eceived a B.S. degree in cybernetics from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2006. He received an M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in bioengineering and M.D degree from Stanford University in 2011, 2012, and 2014, respectively. His postdoctoral work was with Jaimie Henderson and Krishna Shenoy in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory . In today’s episode, w...
Apr 19, 2021•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andrew Cornwell is the Director of industrial and strategic collaborations for the Cleveland FES centre . He is also Director of the VA Translational Education Mentoring Centre and Associate Director at Care Coulter Translational partnership . In today’s episode, Andrew talks about the importance of translational research, the process and some of the achievements of the Cleveland FES centre. Top three takeaways: Translational work is concerned with solving the inefficient of getting Academic wor...
Apr 12, 2021•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nick Halper is a cofounder of Braingrade , where he and his team are developing a brain-computer interface to reverse the cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Before founding Braingrade, he worked at Blackrock Microsystems as a project manager on the product, support, engineering and software teams. In today’s episode, Nick talks about his transition from academia to industry and then from leaving a stable job to joining an early-stage startup in the middle of a p...
Apr 05, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yael Haneun is a professor of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University . Her research field is neuro-engineering, focusing on developing wearable electronic and bionic vision. She is also the VP of Nano Retina and has previously worked as a research associate at the University of Washington . In today’s episode, Yael talks about her work in neuro-engineering and some breakthroughs with electrophysiological tools. Top three takeaways: With soft dry electrodes, you have a system that is truly...
Mar 29, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thomas Stieglitz is a professor at the University of Freiburg where he does research on the development of biocompatible construction and interconnection technology as well as the use of microsystems for neuroprosthesis and neuromodulation. Thomas Stieglitz is also on the scientific-technical advisory board of Cortec- Neuro . In today’s episode, Thomas talks about is work in neuromodulation, shares insights on the best materials for implant development and finally, share some of the challenges f...
Mar 22, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rob Spence is a documentary film-maker. He lost his right eye as a child during a shotgun accident at his grandparents home. Thirteen years ago, he replaced his prosthetic eye with a wireless video camera. He continues to make improvements on the eye and has produced films about people living with bionic implants. In today’s episode, Rob talks to us about living with a camera implant and the fast-moving world of bionics. Top three takeaways: There’s room for improvement in the area of eye prosth...
Mar 15, 2021•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ryan Tanaka is the host of Neura Pod which is the Youtube channel and podcast specifically about Elon Musk's Neuralink company. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDukC60SYLlPwdU9CWPGx9Q "My interest from for Neuralink primarily started because of working at Tesla previously, and then just getting more and more exposure to Elon Musk and some of the other projects that he's been working on and then realizing that Neuralink is going to be a substantially larger company in the future."...
Jan 25, 2021•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Angle is the founder and CEO of Paradromics , a Brain-Computer Interface company that can handle up to 65,000 simultaneous channels. He was on the show 2 years ago and is updating us on new happenings at Paradromics. He also talks about their new Neurotech Pub Podcast which brings together neurotech leaders in a roundtable podcast. "And I think you'd say also, early nascent industry is like a bank heist. Everyone is friends. Until they get the money and then everyone tries to kill each othe...
Jan 11, 2021•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Rio Vetter is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at NeuroNexus . Dr. Alexis Paez is the Director of Science Outreach at NeuroNexus. NeuroNexus hosted a virtual conference in mid-November. In this episode, Dr. Rio Vetter and Dr. Alexis Paez discuss the NeuroNexus Symposium. Top three takeaways: The NeuroNexus Symposium had themes for each day including neural interface technology, neurophysiology, optogenetics, and optical microscopy techniques. The symposium included attendees f...
Dec 14, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Ben Paul is the founder and CEO of Neuroloom. Neuroloom is located in the United Kingdom and works to create new neuro-technology. In this episode, Dr. Ben Paul discusses how Neuroloom develops an effective way to stimulate neurons. Top three takeaways: Neuroloom electrodes mitigate the intensity of the immune response and immune-rejection of invasive devices The goal is to use tissue engineering techniques and apply those to neuronal circuits to create living electrodes. As opposed to penet...
Nov 30, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scott Kim is the Co-Founder and CEO at Neofect. Neofect provides technologies that work to provide stroke victims with rehabilitation devices that can increase their range of motion. These devices include smart gloves and ankle braces. In this episode, Scott Kim discusses how Neofect technology is assisting stroke victims. Top three takeaways: The user receives a smart-glove and a tablet with the Neofect App. Each therapeutic session consists of eight different “training games” that allow users ...
Nov 09, 2020•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lloyd Diamond is the CEO of Pixium Vision . Dry age-related macular degeneration affects millions of people globally. Using an insertable implant in the eye in combination with lenses, central vision focus can be regained. In this episode, Lloyd Diamond discusses how Pixium Vision is creating a solution to dry age-related macular degeneration. Top three takeaways: There is a dry and wet form of age-related macular degeneration. The dry form makes up 80% of all cases. The degeneration begins in t...
Nov 02, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Renee Ryan is the CEO and Dr. Kate Roosenbluth is the founder, CSO, and member of the board of directors for Cala Health . The company creates bioelectronic neuromodulation devices to mitigate the effects of chronic diseases. In this episode, Renee Ryan and Dr. Kate Rosenbluth discuss how the Cala Trio device controls essential tremors. Top three takeaways: The Cala Trio device uses the nerve circuitry of the body to calm tremors by stimulating a part of the brain through the wrist. Acceleromete...
Oct 26, 2020•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Iain McIntyre is the CEO and co-founder of Humm . Humm creates devices such as the Bioelectric Memory Patch that use electricity to stimulate the brain. The disposable forehead device has shown to cause an increase in brain functionality and memory. In this episode, Iain McIntyre discusses how the Humm Bioelectric Memory Patch provides a brain-boost. Top three takeaways: When this device improves your working memory, it is improving your capabilities to focus, multitask, and acquire new skills. ...
Oct 19, 2020•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Sangeeta Chavan is a professor at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research . In September of 2020, the Feinstein Institutes hosted its fourth annual Bioelectronic Medicine Summit located in New York. In this episode, Dr. Sangeeta Chavan discusses the key takeaways of the summit. Top three takeaways: Bioelectronic medicine uses modulation and stimulation of neural activity for the benefit of those with diseases as an alternative to drugs. Various advances are being made in clinical trial...
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