3 Awards for Medical Devices Developed for Children
From: Medical Design Technology - 02/04/2015

The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) announces its
first three awards to companies developing new medical devices for children.

Funded by the US Food and Drug Administration and based at The Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia, the PPDC provides know-how and seed funding to help
innovators translate promising ideas into commercial medical devices for use
in children.

A Polymer-Based Material from RasLabs

This could improve the interface between a child's prosthetic limb and the
residual limb. Without using gears or motors, the material contracts or
expands like muscle, in response to low-voltage electricity. Using this
biomimetic material to line the socket of a pediatric-sized artificial leg or
other limb could provide a more snug fit of the prosthetic device during
normal daily use, and improve a child's experience in using it. The device is
currently early in development. RasLabs is led by its founder, Lenore
Rasmussen, PhD.

Source:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/02/3-awards-medical-devices-developed-children

Links:
RasLabs (with video 6:06)
http://www.raslabs.com/

Synthetic Muscle
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/3-medical-device-companies-collaborating-with-philadelphia-pediatric-medical-device-consortium/