An affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) helps verify, validate and accelerate commercialization of new medical technologies that save lives and improve patient care. From our Northyards and 14th Street facilities in midtown Atlanta, we help find the finish line for medtech innovations at any point on the pathway from bench to bedside.
Additionally, GCMI and T3 Labs proudly support BME Capstone teams with our medtech design, development and preclinical testing resources including facilities, staff, materials and know-how.
Principal investigators, faculty and student projects served include: Dr. Andres Garcia, Dr. Scott Hollister, Dr. Omer Inan, the Coulter Foundation, over 20 additional GT faculty members and dozens of BME Capstone teams.
This archive details just how we do that and to what effect.
Leading Lap has redesigned the trocar’s tip to prevent puncturing or injuring organs upon insertion. Georgia Tech biomedical engineering students Hailey Avis, Cameron Bennett, Will Kamnick and Katherine Strickland make up this team for the Fall 2019 Capstone Design Expo.
Thanks to GCMI’s Capstone Day, the team was able to use their device in a highly clinical, practical situation. “Being able to test the device in a cadaveric setting thanks to GCMI was the best opportunity we could have been afforded at this stage,” Lando said.
