TechMed Living Lab – application form

You are invited to apply for the support by the TechMed Living Lab team if:

  • The applicant has a concrete challenge on which the Living Lab partners can provide support
  • The applicant is in the lead for the development of the innovation and is willing to invest -in kind- in the innovation
  • The innovation (product of process) scores a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 or higher
  • In case of a product, a prototype of the medical innovation is available

Name applicant:
Position applicant:
Consortium/partners:
Date:

1. Introduce the innovation with a short summary – max 300 words

2. Describe the current challenge in the development of the innovation related to its Technology Readiness Level (TLR) – max 200 words

3. Describe how the TechMed Living Lab can support this innovation to bring it 1 TRL further, please link to the expertise of the partners offered in the Living Lab – max 300 words

TechMed Living Lab – application form

4. Provide a concise description for each canvas box (elaborate descriptions possible at question 5)

Key partners
Who are/were involved with the product development?
Which (potential) partners could further improve the innovation?
Are there conflicting activities between key partners? / Status
What is the current status (what has already been developed)?
What is the current TechMed TRL, and why? / Value Proposition
Which problem is solved by the innovation?
How big is this problem?
Describe the product.
Describe its appearance.
Describe its effect on the current practice. / Technology
Which technologies are used?
Why was this not used before? / Users
Describe:
  • the impact of the innovation on, and
  • the interest/need for the innovation, and
  • the role (purchaser, financier, user, …)
of all stakeholders, for example:
  • patients
  • insurers
  • physicians/nurses
  • care facilities
  • care organisation
  • other …

Development
Which steps are needed to reach the next TRL?
What can be done by the applicant?
Which steps require other parties, and which parties? / Reliability
Describe the data and outcomes of reliability studies.
Describe (planned) publications.
Value chain
Who produces, markets, distributes, …, and purchases the innovation?
How does the innovation reach the customer? (prescription, personal purchase, other)
To what extend (financially) is the customer able to purchase the product?
Who experiences the financial benefits upon use of the product? / Business case
Describe the design and development trajectory, including expected partners, cost, timeline, financiers, etc.
How far can your current finances bring the product?
Is it possible to scale-up the production or to expand to other markets?
Is there IP? Is it possible to secure IP, and on which parts?
Who are the most important competitors?

TechMed Living Lab – application form

Key partners

Who are/were involved with the product development?

Which (potential) partners could further improve the innovation?

Are there conflicting activities between key partners?

5. Describe each box of the TechMed Canvas - max 200 words per box:

Status

What is the current status (what has already been developed)?

What is the current TechMed TRL, and why?

Development

Which steps are needed to reach the next TRL?

What can be done by the applicant?

Which steps require other parties, and which parties?

Value proposition

Which problem is solved by the innovation?

How big is this problem?

Describe the product. Describe its appearance.

Describe its effect on the current practice.

Technology

Which technologies are used?

Why was this not used before?

Reliability

Describe the data and outcomes of reliability studies.

Describe (planned) publications.

Users

Describe: the impact of the product on, the interest/need for the product, and the role (purchaser, financier, user, …) for all stakeholder, like:

patients, insurers, physicians/nurses, care facilities, care organisations, other …

Value chain

Who produces, markets, distributes, …, and purchases the innovation?

How does the innovation reach the customer? (medical prescription, personal purchase, other)

To what extend (financially) is the customer able to purchase the product?

Who experiences the financial benefits upon use of the product?

Business case

Describe the design and development trajectory, including expected partners, costs, timeline, financiers, etc.

How far can your current finances bring your product?

Is budget reserved for future design improvements?

Is it possible to scale-up the production or to expand to other markets?

Is there IP? Is it possible to secure IP, and on which parts?

Who are the most important competitors?