title: Classroom to Clinic: Merging Education and Research to Efficiently Prototype Medical Devices.
abstract: Innovation in patient care requires both clinical and technical skills, and this paper presents the methods and outcomes of a nine-year, clinical-academic collaboration to develop and evaluate new medical device technologies, while teaching mechanical engineering. Together, over the course of a single semester, seniors, graduate students, and clinicians conceive, design, build, and test proof-of-concept prototypes. Projects initiated in the course have generated intellectual property and peer-reviewed publications, stimulated further research, furthered student and clinician careers, and resulted in technology licenses and start-up ventures.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Cambridge MA 02139 USA.
authors.forename: Nevan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hanumara
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Cambridge MA 02139 USA.
authors.forename: Nikolai D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Begg
authors.affiliation: Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Cambridge MA 02138 USA.
authors.forename: Conor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Cambridge MA 02139 USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Custer
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiology Boston MA 02114 USA.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: CIMIT Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02116 USA.
authors.forename: Lynn R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Cambridge MA 02139 USA.
authors.forename: Alexander H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Slocum
keywords: Biomedical engineering education; mechanical design; mechatronics; medical devices