BioDesign Syllabus
Objective
As fruits of your labor in this module teaches you how to create a package of intangible assets as embodied in a design history file.
This module has been repeatedly voted as the most valuable undergraduate module by the alumni of BioDesign.
No matter what career path the alumni has taken the lessons taught in this module have proven to be invaluable and applicable. Why is this so?
What is being taught in BioDesign as I envisage it and based on my 25 years experiece of medical device development ?
- Problem statement by consultant
- Concepts generation then selection by brainstorming
- Technology deep dive
- Identify the unmet need
- Finalise Design criteria
- Strategic Planning
- Project scheduling using Gantt chart
- Rapid prototyping (STL files from Solid Works, Onshape, Shapr3D
- Market intelligence and project valuation. Draw up Radar Chart to determine project readiness for commercial launch.
Radar Chart see here. - Design verification
- Design Freeeze based 3, 6, 9 and 10
- Design history file what does it consist of and its importance see Radar Chart
- Business Plan Pressentation and how to make a technical presentation
- 3 examples of my successful Product Launch. a) Suture Passer. P b) Vacuum mixer of bone cement c) Hex Button roduct launch. d) irrigator by nurse
How many medical device companies are there in Singapore?
There are not that many medical device companies in Singapore. Venture Corp has a large medtech division employing 200 medtech engineers. Medtronic also has its global Centre of Excellence (CoE) for business model innovation in Singapore to design, test and scale new business models for the rapidly growing developing markets across Asia. Other than these two large companies there are not that many medical device companies in Singapore.
There is a good chance that your eventual career may not involve the design of medical device. But why are so many alumni of this course still find BioDesign to be invaluable. From what alumni has learned about patent due diligence in BioDesign many have gone on to take the graduate course on IP management at NUS and ended up as Patent Engineers or as registered patent agent.
How will BioDesign help you in your career?
In the future, for those of you who are in executive position or in charge of project management you will find what you learn in BioDesign will be 100% applicable as shown in my reconfigured outline below with one to one correspondence.
Project concept selection by brainstorming
Project background deep dive
Identify the unmet needs that would make the project a compelling proposition
Initial Patent Search to Survey State of Technology and how to incorperate into the design process
Finalise initial project criteria
Strategic Planning starting from mission statement to action items
Project scheduling using Gantt chart
Initial project trial
Market intelligence and project valuation to ensure a valid value proposition
Project viability verification with stricter project criteria
Project criteria freeze based 3, 6 amd 9
Project launch based on frozen criteria
This is all very nice to say but can you give us a real live example?
How many medical device companies are there in Singapore?
There are not that many medical device companies in Singapore. Venture Corp has a large medtech division employing 200 medtech engineers. Medtronic also has its global Centre of Excellence (CoE) for business model innovation in Singapore to design, test and scale new business models for the rapidly growing developing markets across Asia. Other than these two large companies there are not that many medical device companies in Singapore.
There is a good chance that your eventual career may not involve the design of medical device. But why are so many alumni of this course still find BioDesign to be invaluable. From what alumni has learned about patent due diligence in BioDesign many have gone on to take the graduate course on IP management at NUS and ended up as Patent Engineers or as registered patent agent.
How will BioDesign help you in your career?
In the future, for those of you who are in executive position or in charge of project management you will find what you learn in BioDesign will be 100% applicable as shown in my reconfigured outline below with one to one correspondence.
Project concept selection by brainstorming
Project background deep dive
Identify the unmet needs that would make the project a compelling proposition
Initial Patent Search to Survey State of Technology and how to incorperate into the design process
Finalise initial project criteria
Strategic Planning starting from mission statement to action items
Project scheduling using Gantt chart
Initial project trial
Market intelligence and project valuation to ensure a valid value proposition
Project viability verification with stricter project criteria
Project criteria freeze based 3, 6 amd 9
Project launch based on frozen criteria
This is all very nice to say but can you give us a real live example?
A real life example of Mr. Koh Yong Guan. A heart warming story of a former biomedical engineer.
Mr. Koh was trained as a biomedical engineer with a master degree in nephrology at the University of Toronto.
When he returned to Singapore in the 1970's he was posted at SGH as a biomedical engineer. The field was so new that the hospital didn't know what to do with him. He was absorbed into the Administrative Service in July 1979.
He took everything he learned in biomedical engineering and applied them to his new career in administration and high finance. He was the Permanent Secretary for Health in 1996. He then became the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 1998. In 2009 he became Chairman of SMRT Corporation Limited. He was the CEO of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore from Sep 1992 to 1997. He then became the Chairman of the Central Provident Fund Board from July 2005 onwards. He is also the non-resident High Commissioner to Canada from Jan 2008. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1995 for his significant contributions to IRAS. He has retired from the Administrative Service on 1 June 2005.
There you have it, an illustrious career of a former biomedical engineer. The moral of this story is that just apply the same principles you learned in BioDesign you will be a in good footing no matter what career path you have chosen.
Summarised here with the permission of Mr. Koh Yong Guan.