“St. Michael’s Hospital and Ryerson University celebrated the formal launch of a 20-year partnership to research and develop innovative healthcare solutions and to support start-up biomedical companies seeking to improve patient care. The partnership brings together Ryerson’s engineering and science strengths with St. Michael’s research and clinical expertise in a new 22,000-square foot state-of-the-art laboratory… Read more »

“Ryerson University and St. Michael’s Hospital launched a 20-year-partnership through the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology, a new laboratory known as iBEST, on Jan. 26. “We have a whole lot of faculty here in physics, engineering, biology etc. that do a lot of basic research. One of the things that the government has seen… Read more »

“The ability to network is insignificant next to the power of the Force, but that didn’t stop Zone Learning’s annual meet-and-greet. On Tuesday Oct. 20, about 60 students and members of the public came to Ryerson’s Launch Zone to learn about Ryerson’s 10 zones, to network and compete in a Darth Vader design challenge.” Article… Read more »

“A pair of high school students are developing a piece of potentially life-saving technology. The HeartWatch “is a 24/7 heart monitoring and analysis system,” according to HelpWear CEO André Bertram. It analyzes the electrical activity and pulse of the user’s heart. When it determines that the user is going to have a heart attack or is otherwise in distress,… Read more »

“While many founders of startups have some first-hand experience that spur them to build their companies, not many are as heartbreaking as Eric Dolan’s. In 2002, he contracted a flesh-eating disease in his leg. His mother had slipped discs in her back and had to have open back surgery—an issue that was complicated by her… Read more »

“Perched atop the hospital’s Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, both iBest and the Biomedical Zone were designed as open-concept work spaces, to facilitate brainstorming and sharing of ideas among people from different fields”

“Some of the current ventures in the Biomedical Zone include companies exploring assistive devices for the mobility impaired, improved sanitization for portable healthcare electronics, advanced sensors that allows the medical team to control their operating room computers while scrubbed for surgery using simple hand gestures and high-fidelity procedure-specific surgical simulators that allow trainees to practice… Read more »

“Unlike other incubators, the Biomedical Zone provides a combination of business and clinical development and support, tailored to the needs of the inventors and entrepreneurs. The other differentiator, Dr. Maxwell said, is its location on a hospital campus and true equal partnership between Ryerson, a university with a strong reputation for technology and engineering, and… Read more »

“A 22,000 square foot lab called iBEST(the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology) will house Ryerson University researchers, while Ryerson’s healthtech incubator, called the BioMedical Zone (BMZ), will house startups directly adjacent to iBEST. Startups working out of the BMZ will work in the software, information technology, wearables, sensors, and medical devices sectors, and… Read more »

“As governments across the country strive to find ways to bridge the gap between research and application, the partnership between Ryerson and St. Mike’s is an example of a grassroots effort driven by individuals rather than top-down policies or funding… Through a series of meetings where researchers from both institutions presented their work, the idea… Read more »