"A diligent first time innovator will assemble, or be instructed to assemble, some combination of market data, development cost, legal and intellectual property estimates, sales and distribution costs, and business costs and then organize these anticipated expenses into a month-to-month, quarterly or annual income and expense pro forma. From this,... read more →
Mar
11
Feb
09
"Innovators should reflect on the key information they would like to obtain, and the questions that should be asked in order to elicit the feedback needed. Bear in mind that there may be a range of characteristics of customers and users, so innovators should seek to include all potential perspectives.... read more →
Feb
04
Say that you have an idea for a product that would not only help someone regain independence after an injury, but do it faster and better. What is the next step? How do you build it? How will it be sold? What are the future challenges or barriers that may... read more →
Jan
21
The Center for Translation of Rehabilitation Engineering Advances and Technology (TREAT) is now accepting proposals for the center’s Sabbatical program. TREAT Sabbaticals are a fantastic onsite opportunity for rehabilitation researchers and innovators. Sabbaticals last between 3 and 12 months and allow visiting scholars to dedicate their full attention towards commercializing... read more →
Jan
16
Do you have an idea for a rehabilitation or assistive technology product? TREAT is a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, collaborative consortium between corporate, educational and non-profit entities providing infrastructure support and expert consultation to researchers and innovators interested in the translation and commercialization of rehabilitation research applications. TREAT is now accepting proposals... read more →
Nov
08
TREAT welcomed Chris Maeder as Program Manager at the end of 2015. Chris says he is “excited to shift gears from working with large enterprises to helping real people develop innovative solutions.” Chris is an experienced entrepreneurial leader with a strong background in program management, operational efficiency, sales management, and... read more →
Aug
27
Scott Holson has joined TREAT as a Project Leader for Business Development. Scott says, “I’m excited to be working with clients of TREAT to help them move their projects forward.” Scott brings expertise in research and development funding options to TREAT and is a fantastic resource to help clients advance... read more →
Jun
29
For the fourth year in a row TREAT sponsors the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association of North America (RESNA) Student Design Competition. Garrett Kryt, a fourth-year undergraduate engineering student from British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada, was awarded the “Technology Most Likely to Become Commercially Available” prize in... read more →
May
04
Prize awarded to the Tremtex team from Johns Hopkins University for the Rehabilitation Technology Most Likely to be Commercialized. Tremtex is working in conjunction with clinical and research partners at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to develop an intervention to help Parkinson’s disease patients manage their debilitating motor symptoms. Parkinson’s... read more →