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On August 1st, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is hosting a workshop titled “Partnering with Patients on CDRH’s Research Agenda for Assistive and/or Neurostimulation Devices.” This FREE interactive workshop will gather patient perspectives in Silver Spring, MD on August 1 starting at 8:30 am.
NOTE: Registration deadline is 4:00 pm (ET), on July 26, 2016.
FDA wants Patient Perspectives
This unique FREE conference was created to “receive feedback on patient needs and experience on the usability, benefits, and desired features of medical devices.” The epilepsy community certainly has patient needs and opinions when it comes to devices and wearables. Participant feedback will inform science research at CDRH. This is a great opportunity to directly impact research.
Featured guest: Rosalind Picard
This workshop will also feature guests who are known for their device innovation including Rosalind Picard, ScD, FIEEE, of Empatica and MIT Media Lab. You may have heard of Empatica’s Embrace Watch.
Agenda
This FREE workshop will focus on Assistive and Neurostimulation devices associated with subpopulations of the following diseases as examples:
- Diabetes
- Lupus
- Macular Degeneration
- Neurological Diseases such as Epilepsy
Take a look at the agenda items from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. When they say they want your perspective, they really mean it.
| Subject | Name of Speaker/Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Introduction, Welcome | Dr. Marilyn Lightfoote Dr. Robert Califf, Commissioner Dr. Kyle Myers, OSEL Office Director (Acting) |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Wearable Sensors, Affective Computing | Dr. Rosalind Piccard. MIT Emotional sensors |
| 10:00 am -10:30 am | FDA research on Assistive Devices | Dr. Heather Benz, and Dr. Kimberly Kontson Patient perception of limb prosthetics Dr. Matthew Di Prima and Lt. James Coburn 3D printing |
| 10:30-10:45 am | Infection Control | Dr. Elizabeth Gonzales Assuring safety of ophthalmic medical devices |
| 10:45 – 12 noon | Patient and Clinician Perspective on Assistive Devices | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Brenda Battat, Formerly Executive Director Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), Hearing prosthetics, Fred Downs, Chief of Prosthetics for Veterans Medical Center, Veteran Administration |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | Interactive Discussion | AM Speakers; Patient Representatives |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch Table Discussions | Informal FDA and Patient Interactions |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Brain-machine interfaces | Dr. Todd Coleman, University of California, San Diego. Studies on brain-machine interfaces |
| 2:30 – 3:15 pm | FDA Research on Neurostimulation Devices | Dr. Mejun Ye Brain stimulation therapies Dr. Ethan Cohen Vision Studies Mr. Donald Witters EMC laboratory research on interference between neurostimulators and security devices |
| 3:15-3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Neurostimulation Devices |
To be selected from registrants |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Interactive Discussion | PM Speakers and Patient representatives |
| 5:00 -5:15 pm | Wrap-up; take away | Dr. Marilyn Lightfoote |
| 5:15 pm | Adjourn |
Register today
If you are a patient, provider, caregiver or clinician with experience with Assistive or Neurostimulation Devices and wish to attend this FREE workshop, please provide the following information. Registration deadline is 4:00 pm (ET), on July 26, 2016.
Through this workship, the CDRH hopes patients learn about the role of research and for scientists to understand patient needs and guide future research to best help the patients. To register and find out more information, follow the following link: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/WorkshopsConferences/ucm508481.htm. The workshop is being held in Silver Spring, Maryland on August 1st and begins at 8:30.
REGISTER TODAY
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