Mar. 7, 2024
An atmospheric river didn’t stop registrants from attending the annual biomedical symposium in February. Participants weathered the heavy rains to spend the afternoon learning more about the Orange County biomed landscape.
The symposium kicked off with Alvin Viray, associate director at UC Irvine’s Applied Innovation, explaining the university’s commitment to OC’s startup ecosystem and collaboration opportunities that exist on campus. He was followed by Curtis Huffmire, a partner at Knobbe Martens, one of America’s largest Intellectual Property & technology law firms and longtime partner of CALIT2. Huffmire enlightened the audience with details about legal protections for medical devices and data.
The agenda then turned to four presentations from heads of OC startups in areas of biomedical devices, data and technology. After a short break, UCI innovation was on display with faculty and students giving talks and demonstrations.
The final two presentations included James Staggs, senior engineer at Johnson & Johnson, explaining the evolution of their cataract surgery systems. He was followed by Sean White, Medtronic’s director of research and technology, who discussed healthcare technology for the digital age.
The following are pdfs of most of the presentations:
O1 UCI’s Collaboration and Commitment to OC’s Startup Ecosystem
ALVIN VIRAY, Associate Director, Applied Innovation, UC Irvine
O2 Legal Protections for Medical Devices and Data
CURTIS HUFFMIRE, Partner, Knobbe Martens
03 Pathology – Transformation in the Digital Era
MOHIT KALE, CTO, PathForce Technologies Inc.
04 XR/AI Technologies Addressing Unmet Needs in Healthcare
RAJESH JHA, CEO, SIM Insights
07 Teaching Neurons—Functional Programming of Human Stem-Cell Derived Neuronal
Networks with External Cues
08 PICARD (Patient-Initiated Control Analgesic Remote Dispenser) – Biometric Bottle to
Monitor Opioid Use
09 Novel Uterine Compression Suture Technique for the Treatment of Postpartum
Hemorrhage
10 ARC (Activity Recording CAFE) – A High Throughput and Automated Behavioral Phenomic
Assessment Machine Vision
11 Evolution of J&J/AMO Cataract Surgery Systems
JAMES STAGGS, Sr Engineer, Johnson & Johnson
12 Healthcare Technology for the Digital Age
SEAN WHITE, Director of Research & Technology, Medtronic
– Shelly Nazarenus
