Established by the National Science Foundation, Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems (BMES) is a world-class team of engineers, physicians, physicists, chemists and bio-engineers in academia and industry. Our goal is to work in close collaboration with industry and government laboratories to develop and commercialize biomedical technologies the create a new wave of wireless, low power, hermetic implants that closely interact with human tissue and by doing so enable implantable/portable microelectronic devices to treat presently incurable human diseases such as blindness, paralysis, and memory loss.
The mission of our Industry Program is to drive BMES closer to its research vision by establishing close, mutually beneficial relationships with key industrial partners. These companies will help to realize BMES’s goals by transferring technology from BMES to the medical device industry and other associated industries such as biotech and pharma.
We provide a broad range of services to Industry including basic science research, fundamental engineering design, prototype development, small feasibility animal trials, large scale randomized animal trials, as well as IRB approved human trials. The BMES ERC’s highly integrated collaborative structure has scientists and engineers working across 18 disciplines ranging from ophthalmology to non-linear modeling to neural integration to electrochemistry. By utilizing the BMES ERC’s fluid operation from concept to production, our corporate partners outpace the competition in rapidly producing revolutionary advances in basic science and development of next-generation products.
Member benefits include:
· Attending bi-annual retreats to learn about recent, not-yet-published research, and interact in-depth with BMES faculty, postdocs and students
· Jointly submitting proposals to federal programs, such as SBIR/STTR, that encourage university-corporate partnerships
· Early access to intellectual property developed by BMES
· Access to BMES presentations and prepublications
· Receive list of resumes from BMES Students
· Help interacting and licensing technologies from USC, Caltech and UCSC
· Opportunity to receive student interns
· Receive newsletter updates from BMES Industry events
