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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12/27/2018

Top 10 Update: Scalp Cooling for Reducing Chemotherapy Induced Hair Loss

In 2017, Scalp Cooling for the Reduction of Hair Loss Due to Chemotherapy was listed as the #10 technology on the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2018. In April 2018 we shared a ConsultQD article about a local woman who successfully used the technology. Now, she has done an episode of "The Comeback," a podcase series from Cleveland Clinic. Click to read more and to hear her conversation with Dr. Jame Abraham.

12/26/2018

A Surgeon with an Inventor’s Mind — or Perhaps an Inventor with a Surgeon’s Mind

Francis Papay, MD, Chairman of the Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute at Cleveland Clinic, brings a voraciously curious mind and a knack for working with others to come up with ingenious solutions to clinical problems in medicine. Widely known as one of the team of surgeons who performed the first face transplant in the United States in 2009, Dr. Papay is a prolific inventor — mainly of medical devices but also of systems and methods for solving challenging clinical problems. He has worked on developing an implantable device for a surgical approach at the base of the skull to control headache pain, especially cluster migraines.

12/19/2018

Teasing Out the Role of Red Meat and TMAO in Cardiovascular Risk

Two new human studies from a Cleveland Clinic research team led by Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD, have yielded additional insights into why and how regular consumption of red meat can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the role that gut bacteria play in the process.

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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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