History of Innovation at Cleveland Clinic

History of Innovation at Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic is home to many major medical breakthroughs in its history, ranging from the first First coronary angiography (1952) to the discovery of an intestinal bacteria product (TMAO) that can predict heart disease risk (2013). Cleveland Clinic discoveries and innovations are born out of a renowned culture in which critical mass is deployed to continually advance patient care. Cleveland Clinic Innovations (CCI) and Cleveland Clinic Ventures (CCV) work together to assess, protect, build, test and market the most promising ideas of our 51,000+ caregivers. This has resulted in a portfolio of over 1,200 issued patents, 550+ license agreements, and 80+ spin-off companies.

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CCI

CCI

For nearly two decades, Cleveland Clinic has worked to transform and accelerate the way patient-benefiting technology is transferred from an academic institution to market. CCI’s robust team of market analysts, subject matter experts and former medical industry leaders is…

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CCV

CCV

Cleveland Clinic forms and nurtures spin-off companies to advance the most scalable inventions of our caregivers. Since 2000, Cleveland Clinic Ventures has launched more than 80 companies.

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Services

Services

CCI partners with institutions, corporations, entrepreneurs and investors to optimize innovation efforts and realize opportunities to improve patient lives on a global scale.

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03/20/2019

Machine Learning & Big Data: Is it possible to share de-identified data?

The 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare conference, along with the many others that congregate in San Francisco at the same time, draws a huge audience from across the healthcare spectrum, discussing any number of topics ranging from industry trends, intellectual property topics, to deal making discussions. An interesting discussion this year was around the use of previously collected clinical data by for-profit companies with artificial intelligence, machine learning platforms.

03/18/2019

The Future of Telemedicine (and What’s in the Way)

Telemedicine: an annual topic at the Medical Innovation Summit, and a field we work in every day at Cleveland Clinic Innovations. Telemedicine and new remote ways to practice care have been a topic of conversation for some time. But with advancing technology and increasing consumer demand, its true integration into healthcare practice is just over the horizon. With new rules and regulations regarding the administration of and payment for telemedicine services, we inch closer. But much remains in the way of full impact.

03/15/2019

Top 10 Technology in Action: Patient-Specific 3D Printing

To many people, a 3D printer is just a gadget. But to baby Paisley, it’s the technology that helped save her life. Born with the rare heart condition, dextrocardia with heterotaxy, a malformed ventricle, and other various defects – the need for major surgery was immediately apparent.

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Top 10 Medical Innovations: 2019

VIew our list of the upcoming technologies that Cleveland Clinic experts predict will change patient care forever.

# 1 Alternative Therapy for Pain: Fighting the Opioid Crisis

#2 The Advent of AI in Healthcare

#3 Expanded Window for Acute Stroke Intervention

#4 Advances in Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment

#5 Patient-Specific Products Achieved with 3D Printing

#6 Virtual and Mixed Reality for Medical Education

#7 Visor for Prehospital Stroke Diagnosis

#8 Innovation in Robotic Surgery

#9 Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Percutaneous Replacement

#10 RNA-Based Therapies

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