Medical Electronic Device Realization Center
The vision of the Medical Electronic Device Research Center (MEDRC) is to transform the medical electronic device industry: to revolutionize medical diagnostics and treatments, bringing health care directly to the individual; and to create enabling technology for the future information-driven healthcare system. Specific areas that show promise are wearable or minimally invasive monitoring devices, medical imaging, laboratory instrumentation, and the data communication from these devices and instruments to healthcare providers and caregivers.
The MEDRC establishes a partnership between the microelectronics industry, the medical devices industry, medical professionals, and MIT to collaboratively achieve improvements in the cost and performance of medical electronic devices similar to those that have occurred in personal computers, communication devices and consumer electronics. The Medical Electronic Device Realization Center (MEDRC) was established to better connect industry, academia, and physicians. In the MEDRC, research activities are jointly defined by faculty, physicians and clinicians, and industrial partners. A visiting scientist from a project’s sponsoring company is present at MIT. Ultimately this individual is the champion that helps translate the technology back to the company for commercialization and provide the industrial viewpoint in the realization of the technology. We foster the creation of prototype devices and intellectual property in the field of medical electronic systems and serve as a catalyst for the successful deployment of innovative healthcare technology at an affordable price.
MEDRC projects have the advantage of insight from the technology arena, the medical arena, and the business arena, thus significantly increasing the chances that their devices will fulfill a real healthcare need as well as be profitable for companies to ensure a stable supply of the new devices. With a new trend toward increased healthcare quality, disease prevention, and cost-effectiveness, such a comprehensive perspective is crucial.
The collective aim of the MEDRC is to revolutionize medical diagnostics and treatments, bringing health care directly to the individual, and creating technology for the future of information-driven healthcare. We focus on areas of medical devices that are enabled and enhanced by electronics and computation – imaging, point-of-care devices, diagnostics and therapeutic instrumentation, ambulatory physiological monitors, etc.
The MEDRC serves as a focal point for large business, for venture-funded startups, and for the medical community. The Center fosters the creation of prototype devices and intellectual property and aims to serve as the catalyst for the deployment of innovative healthcare technology that will reduce the cost of healthcare in both the developed and developing world. Current members are Analog Devices, GE Global Research/Healthcare, and Maxim Integrated Products.
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