Two firms awarded grants to develop medical devices for children

Editor's Note

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPMDC) has chosen two companies out of eight finalists to receive grants of $50,000 each to develop medical devices for children.

The devices include a:

• speech generating system that allows hospitalized children who are unable to speak to communicate with clinicians
• handheld scanner to detect intracranial bleeding in children without using radiology.

 PPMDC is a collaboration that involves Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University, and the University of Pennsylvania. 

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) has announced its latest round of seed grants to companies developing medical devices for children. The Consortium chose two companies from eight finalists in a competition to receive seed grants of $50,000 each.

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