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Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI-USC)

Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI-USC)

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

About AMI-USC:
The Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering at USC (AMI-USC) was founded in 1998 with the mission of accelerating the commercialization of biomedical technology invented at USC. For the development of its biomedical technology, AMI-USC partners with researchers throughout the university, where it is developed to a mature stage, validated, patented, and can be licensed to an industry partner or used for the formation of a start-up company along with external investment.

The AMI-USC team is comprised of engineers, scientists, patent attorneys, regulatory experts, and business development professionals. The team is dedicated to focusing on complicated details of creating new products. The Institute helps tackle the more difficult parts of bringing medical inventions to the market such as developing intellectual property and regulatory strategies. The Institute practices “parallel processing,” a way to accelerate the legal processes, business development, and the science at the same time. The Institute also aids researchers in testing, scaling, product design, and marketing. The Institute has been instrumental in developing a number of medical products and start-up companies.