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Goal and Objectives |
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Funding and Structure |
BETiC owes its origin to OrthoCAD project funded by the Office of PSA to Govt. of India, Dr. R. Chidambaram, during 2007-2010, in which Prof. B. Ravi, IIT Bombay; Dr. Manish Agarwal, then at Tata Memorial Hospital; and Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Director of NFTDC, Hyderabad teamed up to develop an indigenous tumour knee mega-prosthesis system.
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In 2009, a feasibility study funded by Rajiv Gandhi S&T Commission of Maharashtra Govt., carried out by MUHS, established the need for setting up a biomedical engineering and technology centre in the state on the lines of SCTIMST, Trivandrum.
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In 2013-14, IIT Bombay took up the responsibility to incubate and grow the new centre. The experience gained in OrthoCAD project is now being leveraged to scale up indigenous medical device innovation.
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BETiC will facilitate rapid translation of innovative ideas from surgeons into high-quality low-cost medical devices suitable for local population.
Major objectives are to:
Establish an integrated facility
Develop select medical devices
Facilitate translation to industry
Train suitable human resources.
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Facilities will include state-of-art labs required for medical device innovation including bio-mechanics, CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, pilot manufacture, testing, characterization, packaging, and tissue engineering.
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Diagnostic devices, surgical instruments and implants across specializations (cardiac, dental, orthopaedics, laparoscopy, etc.) are taken up. Each project follows define-develop-deliver process, involving clinicians, engineers and industry.
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BETiC is jointly funded by the State Government of Maharashtra (Rajiv Gandhi S&T Commission) and Central Government of India (Department of S&T), New Delhi.
Main centre of BETiC is located in IIT Bombay, and two sub-centres are established at VNIT, Nagpur and COE, Pune. Each centre is headed by a senior faculty member.
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Collaborations are established with local clinicians (hospitals) and industry partners for each medical project. Other institutes are welcome to replicate the BETiC model.
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