About

Founded in 2017, the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices' mission is to catalyze the transformation of basic research into clinical practice and commercial success - Advancing the Public Good. The Institute drives innovation by bringing together scientists and engineers into collaborative space, both physical and virtual, where improvements to health systems can be conceptualized and tried. The Institute has material and intellectual resources. It includes a community of experts who facilitate the full scope of entrepreneurial research activities: prototyping and manufacturing, venture creation, intellectual property creation, and product passage through various clinical, regulatory and reimbursement hurdles. Co-located at both the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland College Park, the Fischell Institute is the only institute that has locations on both campuses, to ensure continuous translational work supporting the entire development pathway from concept to post-commercialization.