Case Studies
12 Oct 2023 / BMTH program / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Investors / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Researchers / Start-Ups / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
VitalTrace – On a Mission to Prevent Childbirth Complications by Developing a Real-time Fetal Biosensor
Childbirth remains a comparatively high-risk period for both mother and child, and delivery complications can result in disability. WA-based VitalTrace was founded to improve safety for mothers and babies during childbirth by developing a precision real-time fetal biosensor. Read about this BMTH-funded project.
06 Oct 2023 / BMTH program / Companies / Digital Health / Healthcare / Medical Technology / Researchers
Seizure Forecasting App To Empower People With Epilepsy
In 2019 there were approximately 150,000 patients diagnosed with epilepsy resulting in $12.3 billion of direct and indirect costs. It is now estimated that up to 200,000 Australians face the daily prospect of debilitating epileptic seizures. This constant uncertainty regarding seizures limits people’s ability to participate in daily activities like work, exercise, and driving. Find out about Seer Medical's BMTH-funded project and its game-changing seizure forecasting app.
22 Sep 2023 / Biotechnology / BMTH program / Clinical trials / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Researchers
Atmo Biosciences - Ingestible Capsule Set To Revolutionise Gut Health Diagnosis
Many individuals worldwide suffer from gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, which incur debilitating symptoms, significant morbidity and high healthcare costs. Find out how BMTH-backed Melbourne-based biotech Atmo Biosciences is developing the world’s first ingestible gas-sensing capsule.
09 Aug 2023 / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Medical Technology / Researchers / Start-Ups / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
Lixa: Revolutionizing Anti-Infection Treatments and Raising Awareness on Antimicrobial Resistance
Lixa, an emerging biotech startup based in Western Australia, is on a mission to resolve recurring microbial infections and contaminations by developing a novel approach that makes resistant bacteria vulnerable to antibiotics and the immune system again.
07 Aug 2023 / BMTH program / Collaboration / Companies / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
Proteomics International – Pioneering Diagnostic Solutions for Chronic Diseases
Founded in Western Australia in 2001, Proteomics International (ASX: PIQ) is a medical technology company at the forefront of predictive diagnostics, pharmacokinetic and bio-analytical services. The company is developing the PromarkerD diagnostic, a blood test that can predict the onset of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) up to four years before clinical symptoms appear.
06 Jul 2023 / Adelaide Intermediary Program / Biotechnology / Collaboration / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Medical Technology / Pharmaceuticals / Researchers / Services
SA State-wide Capabilities Connected to Secure Funding to Boost Emerging Cancer Treatments
When the Australian Government announced its National Critical Research Infrastructure grant opportunity in 2022, MTPConnect’s Adelaide Intermediary Program was called upon to support South Australian applications. Find out how the team coordinated a state-wide approach, strengthened applicants’ proposals and improved the odds of success for positive funding outcomes.
29 Jun 2023 / Biotechnology / BTB program / Clinical trials / Collaboration / Companies / Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Researchers / Start-Ups
Innovative device set to improve treatment for Parkinson’s disease
More than 10 million people worldwide are currently living with Parkinson's disease. For 20 per cent of patients, medications do not adequately control motor symptoms. These patients can be helped by Deep Brain Stimulation, but conventional DBS devices have limitations. Deep Brain Stimulation Technologies - a BTB program funded project - is developing an innovative DBS device that aims to improve the lives of people living with Parkinson's disease worldwide.
23 Jun 2023 / Biotechnology / Clinical trials / Collaboration / Companies / Digital Health / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Investors / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Pharmaceuticals / Researchers / Services / Start-Ups / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
Team WA at AusMedTech 2023
In May, a Western Australian medtech delegation travelled to Adelaide to attend AusBiotech’s AusMedTech 2023 Conference, joining over 400 delegates from national and international medical technology sectors.
26 May 2023 / BMTH program / Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Researchers
BMTH: 3D-printed Implants Creating Better Outcomes for a Common Wrist Injury
A pioneering technique, developed by Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), that designs personalised bone-ligament-bone grafts using 3D-printed biocompatible scaffolds is set to create positive results for people afflicted with a scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) injury – the most common of wrist ligament injuries.
26 Apr 2023 / Collaboration / Companies / Digital Health / Healthcare / Medical Technology / REDI program
ANDHealth’s ACCELERATE Program Propels Kali Healthcare Towards Commercial Success
ANDHealth’s 2022 Masterclass: ACCELERATE program was just what Kali Healthcare needed to fast-track development of its digital pregnancy monitoring platform. The program offered access to expert guidance, key knowledge, indispensable investor support and more.
30 Mar 2023 / BMTH program / Collaboration / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / REDI program / Start-Ups / Training / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
REDI: MedTech Actuator Supports WA Start-Up VitalTrace to Revolutionise Childbirth
Invaluable learning, investment and networking opportunities gained during the MedTech Actuator Accelerator have empowered VitalTrace to advance its revolutionary fetal monitoring device in just a few years. Find out more.
24 Feb 2023 / Biotechnology / Collaboration / Companies / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology / Pharmaceuticals / Researchers / Start-Ups
Boosting Funding Success for South Australia's Biomedical Sector
MTPConnect's Adelaide Intermediary Program is providing experienced insights, strategy and mentoring to help progress South Australian start-up innovation along the pipeline towards clinical and commercial success.
24 Jan 2023 / Collaboration / Companies / Digital Health / Emergency Department / Entrepreneurship / Healthcare / Investors / Medical Technology / Services / Start-Ups / WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub
How ‘What the Doctor Said’ Helps Patients After An Emergency Department Visit
It’s early morning and your child is sick with fever. You rush them to the hospital’s emergency department (ED). You’re tired, stressed, and overwhelmed. When your doctor tries to explain what’s happened to your child and how you can best take care of them when they go home, the words go in one exhausted ear and out the other. Read about how 'What the Doctor Said' platform is changing this experience.