Title:A Professor Goes to the Doctor: A Case Study in Creating a Startup Using University-Developed Technology
VOLUME: 2 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):Karen Imgrund Deak
Affiliation:1190 Eck Hall of Law, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Keywords:3D printing, ENT, industry collaboration, medical device, outcomes, technology transfer, university.
Abstract:A University of Notre Dame professor was suffering from a chronic stuffy nose, so he went
to see a local otorhinolaryngology specialist (ENT). That doctor’s visit started a collaboration which
presents an interesting case study of an attempt to commercialize a university-based innovation.
Today, that collaboration is known as BioMedical Constructs, or “BMC”. BMC’s focus is on using 3D
printing in the medical field, but in a way, after an early pivot, that is different from many of the other
companies which are working at the nexus of 3D printing and medical data.
