History
CBID History: Look how far we have come
1998: Johns Hopkins' first Biomedical Engineering Department (BME) Undergraduate Design Teams were formed.
The design team course encouraged students to apply what they were learning in the classroom to real-world problems. That course was an immediate success. Since that time, it has grown from a few students working on basic engineering projects to a year-long course focused on the production of medical device prototypes that solve clinically relevant problems involving biomedical engineering innovation and design.
1998-2007: Undergraduate design teams completed 67 medical device projects, received eight provisional patents (with three patent applications pending), two licensing agreements, and have formed two start-up companies. During those nine years, student design projects brought in nearly $400,000 in funding, including business plan competition awards, sponsorship funds, and grants.
2007: The Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID) opened in 2007. This visionary translational biodesign research center has enabled the BME Department to expand its capacity and undertake complex and challenging medical device design and development projects while also providing greater access to industry, clinicians, and research scientists.
2009: CBID launched the new David E. Swirnow Master of Science in Bioengineering Innovation & Design and matriculated the first class.
MSE team highlights include:
Three device projects - CervoCheck™, LLC , InSpiro , and Cortical Concepts, LLC. All teams filed provisional patents and CervoCheck™ and Cortical Concepts have filed patents. CervoCheck™ is in start-up stage with two students from the MSE class working on the project along with their clinical sponsor. They have received $50K in funding from TEDCO and have an incubator space at Eastern.
2011: CBID launched new Global Health Program.
The second MSE class was the first class to enroll in the Global Health Program. The students visited India, Nepal, and Tanzania to assess the clinical needs for low-cost medical devices.