Biomedical Engineering and Commercialization at the University of Calgary

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Biomedical engineering at the University of Calgary puts research into business. It adopts an entrepreneurial approach - from the very business-oriented structure of the participating centres at the organizational level, to the applied questions in experiments and prototypes at the laboratory level. This character is aimed at cultivating an Alberta-based industry, seeded by the most advanced interdisciplinary research teams and top quality new talent trained at the University of Calgary.

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Biovantage - Alberta Ingenuity Centre 

In partnership, the federal and provincial governments, research funding agencies and the University of Calgary created a new centre to foster innovation and commercialization of biomedical technologies. Biovantage, whose industry-style name reveals the business focus of this new research program, will deliver biomedical technologies for realworld application through collaboration with researchers, business people and clinicians. Visit the Biovantage Website

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Zymetrix: Bose Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Technology Development Centre

Leading experts in the testing and development of biomaterials, engineered tissues, and medical devices, Zymetrix is an essential support service for researchers and corporations creating new biomedical technologies and products. Visit the Zymetrix Website

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Hotchkiss Brain Institute Nerve Regeneration and Repair facility

Funded by a partnership investment of $2.3 million from WEPA and Integra LifeSciences Corporation. An additional $3.2 million was generated by combined funding from Advanced Education and Technology (AET), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and philanthropic partners. The facility is a bridge between the development of new ideas in the lab and product development in new start-up companies. Visit the Hotchkiss Brain Institute Nerve Regeneration and Repair Facility Website

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Clinexus

A resource centre for SME’s developed to bring health technologies to market. The project was funded by a $3 million grant from the Province of Alberta. Visit the Clinexus Website