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Empowering innovators to revolutionize health care.

11/21/2025

🚧👷 Take a peek inside! Our new home is taking shape, and we can’t wait to open the doors this February.

Here’s what’s new alongside our trusted resources:
🥼 Surgical Training & Discovery Center – 10 operating bays for hands-on device training.
🛠️ Startup Incubators – Offices, equipment, and expert support for innovators.

👉 Visit our homepage at the link in our bio to learn more and book a tour!

The University of Utah

11/17/2025

What an incredible event last week!

Our team hosted a networking and competition preparation workshop designed to help students take their projects to the next level.

Students had the chance to:
✅ Connect directly with professionals during dedicated Q&A sessions
✅ Refine their B2B competition projects with guidance from our student team
✅ Tour the CMI Prototyping & Design Lab and meet with engineering staff

Teams walked away with actionable insights and stronger strategies for success. A huge thank you to our visiting experts for sharing their time and expertise, and to the 80+ students who came ready to learn and collaborate!

📸 Check out some highlights below.

11/11/2025

Who’s excited for ? We’re thrilled to connect with fellow innovators and industry partners to talk about our new Startup Incubators and Surgical Training & Discovery Center coming to CMI.

Stop by our booth to say hello! We’d love to hear what you’re working on.

11/06/2025

🤝 Join us for the Advice from Experts Workshop! 🤝

The CMI Bench to Bedside team is excited to host our next event on Tuesday, November 11th, from 5:30–7:30 PM at the CMI downtown space (350 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT).

This workshop offers a unique opportunity for student teams to connect directly with our invited experts in prototype design, regulatory affairs, medical and market research, and more. Each team will have the chance to sign up for 15-minute, one-on-one sessions to ask questions specific to their B2B projects.

💡 Whether you need help refining a prototype, navigating regulatory pathways, or exploring market opportunities, this is the place to get actionable advice from experienced professionals.

Food will be provided! 🍴 Please RSVP to secure your spot ➡️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cmi-bench-to-bedside-advice-from-experts-event-1-tickets-1406398318229?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

We look forward to seeing you there!

The University of Utah

11/03/2025

Students from across disciplines came together at the Bench to Bedside Getting Started event to kick off their journey in medical innovation. 💡

Our B2B leadership team walked students through the competition packet and design process, laying the foundation for a strong competition with breakthrough innovations.

📸 Swipe through to see students collaborating, brainstorming, and building connections.

🔜 Next up: Networking with Experts on Nov 11 - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cmi-bench-to-bedside-advice-from-experts-event-1-tickets-1406398318229?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

10/31/2025

Braaaaiiiiins 🧟💀

If you’re not planning on visiting the CMI booth at on November 12, think again. Grab a squishy souvenir 🧠 and learn about our cutting-edge Surgical Training & Discovery Center, Startup Incubators, and more services. The James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation opens in February 2026!

🎃 Happy Halloween from Mr. Bones and the CMI team! 👻

BioUtah

10/30/2025

Did you catch the race? 🏎️💨

The Innovacers had a blast at the Utah Soapbox Derby! Shoutout to CMI engineers for building an amazing medical device cart. Our brave engineering fellow, Lincoln Wagner, took the wheel and made incredible time down the course. 👏🏁

Thanks for the fun event, The University of Utah!

10/28/2025

We’re looking for a part-time lab fellow to join the CMI engineering team! 🥼🥽⚙️

This role mixes prototyping, lab management, and event operations. If you are creative, organized, and like building things, we would love to hear from you!

Apply here – https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/uu-student-other/D9AA3108E9C84636B06F6C1FCD5F88A0/job/

The University of Utah

10/27/2025

We’re proud to share a newly published study in the Journal of Ophthalmology, conducted at the John A. Moran Eye Center and supported by a custom-built experimental setup for data collection developed by CMI's R&D Engineers Kolja Klug and Lincoln Wagner.

At CMI, we’re driving innovation by delivering engineering solutions that accelerate medical device development and enable translational research.

📄 Read the full article here:

Purpose To compare the Active Sentry and OZil handpieces regarding their ability to prevent postocclusion surge. Setting John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Desig...

10/21/2025

See you there? 👀

We can’t wait for this BioUtah event! It will be a fantastic opportunity to meet and collaborate with innovators and thought leaders who are shaping the future of healthcare. 🧬🔬

Don’t miss it – https://utahlifesciencessummit.com/

10/16/2025

👏 Let’s get started!

Students—Join us Oct 22 from 5:30–7:30pm at the Center for Medical Innovation (The Shop SLC – 3rd Floor) for an exclusive introductory event for the 2025–2026 Bench to Bedside Competition.

🔍 Learn how to navigate the competition packet and deliverables
🛠️ Understand the design process
💡 Discover how to identify clinical problems
🤝 Network with fellow student innovators
🍽️ Grab some dinner on us!

Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to assemble a team and gain insight into what’s needed to win the coveted $20,000 Grand Prize.

📩 This is a student-only event. RSVP now to secure your spot: https://b2b-utah.org/GettingStarted25

10/09/2025

💡 Ideas are flowing!

Last week’s Bench to Bedside Reverse Pitch event brought together 170 students, health care providers, and entrepreneurs for an inspiring evening of collaboration.

This unique experience gave students the opportunity to hear about the real-world challenges in health care delivery, sparking conversations that could lead to the next big breakthrough in MedTech innovation.

Thanks to everyone who joined us and helped make this event such a success!

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350 East 400 South, The Shop 3rd Floor
Salt Lake City, UT
84111

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

(801) 587-7281

Website

http://uofuhealth.utah.edu/center-for-medical-innovation/

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Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation

Collaboration Between Health, Business, and Engineering & Technology

Fueled by a collaborative effort between University of Utah Health, The David Eccles School of Business, The College of Engineering, and The Technology Venture Development Program, the Center for Medical Innovation combines formal education programs, faculty and student project development, and support and facilitation of device development and commercialization. The center creates a one-stop-shop environment that assists both the novice and experienced innovator through ideation, concept generation, intellectual property, market analysis, prototyping and testing, business plan development, and commercialization.

Enhancing Faculty Development & Improving Health Care

At the center we hope to enhance faculty professional development, to develop unique multi-disciplinary educational programs in medical device entrepreneurship, and to improve health care delivery through innovation and real-world applications. The center nurtures an environment that supports students and faculty who not only want to invent something new, but who also want to find ways to launch their invention into the marketplace by providing resources, connections, and expertise.

The Bench to Bedside Competition is an exciting and vibrant program introducing students to the fascinating world of medical and global health innovation through an incentive-based team competition.

Student teams begin in the fall by forming into multidisciplinary start-up companies as they identify unmet clinical needs. Teams then innovate over a six-month period how to meet these needs using a $500 development fund to build concepts. Through the Bench to Bedside Program, each team has access to over 100 University Physicians from a broad range of specialties as well as engineering and business professionals to serve as consultants, key opinion leaders, and stakeholders. In that six-month time period, students will have evaluated the IP landscape, prototyped their design, and constructed a business plan.

The program culminates in April with a formal presentation of team projects at the annual Bench to Bedside Competition. The event draws participation from faculty physicians, residents, industry leaders, venture capital firms, and university leadership. Projects are presented by team members, then evaluated and scored by a VIP panel of judges. Top teams are awarded over $70,000 in prize money to support further project development.

Enthusiasm for Bench to Bedside has been remarkable since its inception. Approximately 200 students and 45 teams participated in the 2016 competition with several teams currently headed toward commercialization.