MEMS in Medical Devices - Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Registration and Refreshments

Chairperson’s opening remarks

• Karen Lightman
  Managing Director - MEMS Industry Group

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Discovering the latest advancements in MEMS to establish the impact on the future direction of medical device technology

• Reviewing current successful applications of MEMS in medical devices by therapeutic area and MEMS functionality
• Examining the potential for new applications of existing MEMS technology in existing and new medical devices
• Discovering the latest developments in MEMS technology to understand the possible capabilities and property limitations
• Uncovering the latest biomarkers in the pipeline where MEMS sensors could be applied to determine which therapeutic areas and potential uses are upcoming

• Jay Esfandyari, Ph.D.
  MEMS Product Marketing Manager - STMicroelectronics

MEMS enabling a health and medical revolution through a convergence of consumer and medical markets

• Introduction of MEMS Industry Group 
  • Overview of programs and events
• MEMS Market Overview 
  • Overview of MEMS and Market trends in health and consumer applications
• MEMS Enabling a Health and Medical Revolution
  • MEMS Enables, Wireless Propels the Convergence of Health and Consumer
  • Factors Affecting Convergence of Health & Consumer Markets
  • Examples of the convergence of consumer and medical markets
  • Targets for Sensors/MEMS + Wireless Medicine
• MEMS-Enabling a Consumer Healthcare Revolution
  • Challenges and opportunities

• Karen Lightman
  Managing Director - MEMS Industry Group

Networking Break and Refreshments

PRACTICAL CASE STUDY: Designing a MEMS-powered medical device 101 – understanding the specific design parameters to capitalize on the full potential and speed commercialization

• Examining real-world case studies to identify device type specific requirements for MEMS integration:
  • Wearable
  • Ingestible
  • Implantable
• Aligning device needs with MEMS capability to identify foreseeable integration challenges in order to address them early on in the design process
• Utilizing an efficient problem solving model to overcome integration issues as they arise in the development process and speed device time to market
• Adapting the design process to enable the enhancement of MEMS effectiveness in your device in terms of sensitivity in sensors or power in actuators

• Tim Kelliher
  Senior Director of Customer Solutions - Movea

PANEL DISCUSSION: Incorporating end-user experience into MEMS-powered design through human factors engineering

• Addressing the physician perspective – ensuring ease of preparation, administration, data extraction, and awareness of the life of the device
• Understanding the patient perspective – enhancing device comfort, and minimizing intrusion on daily life and visits to physician for device maintenance or data extraction
• Examining challenges in home health and uncontrolled environments – mitigating against accidental device removal or potential unforeseen environmental factors causing malfunction.

• Jeff Clark
  Area Manager - Silex Microsystems
• Asmita Khanolkar
  Program Manager - SMC Ltd.
• Vincent Fortin, Eng., M.A.Sc.
  Vice President, Business Development - C2MI – MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre

Networking Lunch

Overcoming challenges of integrating MEMS into medical devices – from product development to manufacturing

• Definition of medical device requirements and regulations
• Current offerings of ASIC packages modules suitable for medical applications
• Methodology of incorporating MEMS in medical devices – micro molding, molding, assembly, automation
• Challenges associated at various steps – merging electronics with device manufacturing
• Testing and Process Validation – taking to market

• Asmita Khanolkar
  Program Manager - SMC Ltd.

From collaborative research to commercialization for MEMS in medical devices

• Advantages of having access to an industry-driven R&D environment
• Benefits of collaborative R&D activities and having access to a complete ecosystem
• Business model requirements to accelerate the development phase and launch new innovations faster on the market

• Vincent Fortin, Eng., M.A.Sc.
  Vice President, Business Development - C2MI – MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre

Networking Break and Refreshments

PRACTICAL CASE STUDY: Best practices for integrating MEMS into existing medical devices – development to production

• Identifying specific challenges in design and manufacturing and the effective solutions for overcoming them
• Practical example of repurposing a platform-  reducing risk, development time and time to market
• System integration alternatives to reduce overall costs and complexity

• Brian O’Loughlin
  Sales Manager - IMT

MEMS for healthcare applications: What you need to know before you “Go MEMS”

• The growth of MEMS and MEMS in medical
• How MEMS can transform medical applications
• A survey of medical MEMS devices
• The challenges of executing a MEMS program
• What to look for in selecting a MEMS partner

• Jeff Clark
  Area Manager - Silex Microsystems

End of MEMS Day