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October 30, 2009: Latest Newsletter Read about the latest happenings in Biodesign. Fellows, awards, new partners, and more.
October 1, 2009: Biodesign Book We are pleased to bring to the Medtech Community the Biodesign process in textbook form. Copies may be purchased through Cambridge, the publisher, or other textbook source.
November 12, 2009: Time's Top 50 Inventions The Jaipur Knee, designed by students in Tom Andriacchi's class, has been selected as one of Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions for 2009. Congratulations to the students: Ayo Roberts, Joel Sadler, Angelo Szychowski, Eric Thorsell and Ellis Garai (2009 Biodesign Fellow).
November 12, 2009: Biodesign Innovation Course Students wishing to take the Biodesign Innovation class will need to apply online as well as select the course in Axess. GSB students should apply by Nov 20, all others by the first Thursday of the quarter.

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Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies

Book Cover Cambridge University Press published our new textbook, Biodesign the Process of Innovating Medical Technologies on October 1, 2009. The authors come from the core faculty of the Biodesign Program: Paul Yock, Josh Makower, Stefanos Zenios, Todd Brinton, Tom Krummel and Uday Kumar. Lyn Denend, Case Writer at the Graduate School of Business, is the Principal Writer. Christine Kurihara, Manager of Special Projects for Biodesign, is the web editor. A companion website has been released with the book: http://www.ebiodesign.org/.

The textbook contains 29 chapters on each step of the process of innovating medical devices from needs finding and screening to business models and funding. Each chapter also includes a 'Getting Started' section with the basic steps to take at that stage of the process.

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Review in Scope, the Stanford Medicine Blog