"I got my project started. I got support, reassurance, a road map, contacts, and motivation. I saw the right people, saw more people, saw opportunities that I would not otherwise have got. Route through has been different to the one originally envisaged but had point of contact to discuss various issues. Made me interested in the wider picture of medical product innovation. Made friends too.
HealthTech helped make a plan, met a patent agent, met design services, met CHID, drew up plan of sources of funding and how to get it, kept me going through the more difficult times, helped with innovation network grant, introduced me to other sources of advice.
Without HealthTech I would not have got here. I probably would have floundered about, then given up or perhaps got ripped off by sharks!!" | "I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support to Zone Innovation Limited, immediately from our first meeting we gained valuable information and contacts helping us to develop a network within this specialist sector.
The advice with regard to Hospital Infections Research Laboratory, The Guide to IP, and list of Patent Attorneys was extremely useful. From your introductions we have links with Medilink , the Infection Control Cooperative and a number of specialists within the NHS these have been crucial to the development of our business.
Finally we look forward to working with you again in the New Year once we have secured the filing of a number of patents." |
"HealthTech's support helped us by putting us in touch with others on the teaching side so that we could develop our teaching package. It acted as a catalyst and made connections for us across professional boundaries. With HealthTech's support, we were able to develop an accredited course on Posture Care Skills through the Open College Network. We develop Tutors who use the course to empower families and carers of people with movement difficulties. We have just enrolled our first Tutor in Australia and have heard that a Tutor in Japan has just secured funding to come and study with us. Without HealthTech's support we would not have made the connections to develop our training package.
I would also like to point out that we get many ideas pushed at us, from many sources. Few of these have bothered to first gain an understanding of our business in the way that Daniel Steenstra of HealthTech has done."
| "During the last three years – as we have sought to progress our company through “start-up” to a viable position within the medical supply chain – we have found HealthTech, and specifically Professor Steenstra, to have been of invaluable help and support. Through HealthTech we have been introduced to many eminent and professional individuals within the health industry and have been invited to join a number of forums where the ability to network with other organisations has broadened and enhanced our understanding of the ways in which the industry works.
Daniel Steenstra has always been a very valuable “sounding board” for our concepts and proposed strategies and the combination of his medical, commercial and quasi-government experience has helped our company significantly as we have sought to increase and promote the industry and public sector profile and position of our product.
Without HealthTech Pathogen Solutions would not have ready access to a known, trusted and willing source of professional, industry based advice. We would, without doubt, miss this service significantly in the future and would have faced an even more daunting task in the past – particularly in the context of the support we have received in helping us to “map” our strategic direction."
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As a result of the contact and subsequent meetings with HealthTech, a number of potential development ideas have been proposed. Discussions have taken place concerning two of these and some sampling has been carried out to review the potential benefits. Further work is still continuing.
The main benefits of support from HealthTech are:
Contact with the medical products market
Identification of potential development ideas
Contact with medical professionals who can help with development
A source of further medical industry knowledge and ongoing support.
Some of the enquiries have also resulted in orders to manufacture trial quantities of new products. The business is optimistic in this development work and is confident that with continual support it will be able to grasp opportunities in the Health Sector which are not only vital in safeguarding existing jobs but may also help in creation of new ones." | "HealthTech provided:
Reality check
Patent advice
Helped obtain a start up grant
Advised re marketing and networking
which resulted in 15 employees and 3 products in 6/12 – Enough said!!
Safe Surgery Systems was a winner at the recent Medilink UK National Awards ceremony.
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