{"140841":{"#nid":"140841","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ideas Wanted for Pediatric Device Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe burgeoning field of medical device innovation is taking a childish turn. Inventors and spectators alike are invited to submit to or attend the Pediatric Device Workshop and Innovation Competition, being hosted on campus on Friday, Aug. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHosted by the Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium (APDC), the event will give out several awards ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 depending on the device and its stage of development. Devices should be targeted to the pediatric population and will be divided into four age groups, ranging from birth to age 21.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplicants should submit two-page proposals for their devices by Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 3 p.m. to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jenny.taylor@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJenny Taylor\u003C\/a\u003E in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. More information, including submission guidelines, is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.pediatricdevicesatlanta.org\/competition\u0022\u003Ewww.pediatricdevicesatlanta.org\/competition\u003C\/a\u003E. Submissions are welcome from all faculty, entrepreneurs, clinicians, fellows, residents and students from any institution.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested in attending but not submitting entries may RSVP to the event \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pediatricdevicesatlanta.org\/seed-grant-competition-registration\u0022\u003Eonline\u003C\/a\u003E. The competition is free to attend, includes a complimentary breakfast and will take place at the Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences (IBB) Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAPDC was launched last year with a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to encourage the development of medical devices tailored to the needs of children, with the plan of taking the devices from conception to commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESubmit to or attend the Pediatric Device Workshop and Innovation Competition, being hosted on campus on Friday, Aug. 10.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Submit to or attend the Pediatric Device Workshop and Innovation Competition, being hosted on campus on Friday, Aug. 10."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-07-17 16:12:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71152":{"id":"71152","type":"image","title":"Renal dialysis device","body":null,"created":"1449177348","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:48","changed":"1475894630","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:50"},"140851":{"id":"140851","type":"image","title":"Atlanta Pediatric Device Competition 2012","body":null,"created":"1449178710","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:30","changed":"1475894771","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:11","alt":"Atlanta Pediatric Device Competition 2012","file":{"fid":"194927","name":"apdc2012.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/apdc2012_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/apdc2012_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":592728,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/apdc2012_0.jpg?itok=G420wRJY"}}},"media_ids":["71152","140851"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University"},{"url":"http:\/\/pediatricdevicesatlanta.org\/seed-grant-competition-registration","title":"RSVP to Attend Competition"},{"url":"http:\/\/pediatricdevicesatlanta.org\/","title":"Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"14684","name":"atlanta pediatric device consortium"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jenny.taylor@bme.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJenny Taylor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}