Turn innovation into market-ready solutions
Turn innovation into market-ready solutions
SFITS Innovation Program
The SFITS Innovation Program drives two initiatives to support and accelerate the emergence and development of new interventional and surgical techniques and technologies.
The Corporate R&D Program supports Medtech companies and R&D departments, eager to continue research and development of innovative solutions and to test and improve in a clinical setting, thanks to the SFITS real-life conditions and specific capabilities. More about the program.
Launched by the SFITS and the Inartis Foundation, the Startup Accelerator Program is designed to bring together the entrepreneurial, medical, industrial, and financial communities, creating a dynamic ecosystem where innovation can thrive. It represents a significant opportunity for startups in the surgical and interventional technology space, providing the resources, connections, and expertise needed to bring innovative solutions to the market.
The Startup Accelerator Program in a nutshell
The program facilitates the development and deployment of disruptive surgical technologies, by
- Providing top-notch infrastructures, expertise and services
- Encouraging market adoption and changes in operating practices
- Fostering collaboration between innovators, healthcare professionals, Medtech companies and investors
- Promoting innovative startups and solutions in the medical community and on the international stage
Benefits for startups
- Up to CHF 100’000.- in-kind loan to finance SFITS services
- Simulated clinical environment for user-centered solution design and testing
- Support for medical devices validation & verification, possibly with anatomical specimens
- Rich base of resources, data and knowledge
- Network of medical experts, industrial partners, potential customers and investors
- Office space, conference rooms, auditorium, wetlabs with high-end biomedical equipment
- Professional video recording and editing services to prepare your pitch, marketing and training material
- SFITS communications, events and demo-days
Selection criteria
- Demonstrated technological innovation
- Convincing business case
- Alignment with the SFITS mission and services
- Committed team, willing to collaborate with the SFITS in a pragmatic and open manner
Collaborations
Surgical robot
- Test and validation of the solution
Collaboration with the SFITS: product certified and launched, company acquired by Globus Medical
AI for hospital operations
- Connection with subject matter experts
- Innosuisse project preparation
VR training tools
- Connection with subject matter experts
- Innosuisse project preparation
Instrument tagging
- Connection with subject matter experts
- Innosuisse project preparation
Urethral implants
- Connection with subject matter experts
- Innosuisse project preparation
Partners
We sincerely thank our partners for supporting innovation in surgical technologies and their integration into the medicine of the future.
What is new in the SFITS Innovation Program
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Apparition of the SFITS at the FONGIT: Life workshop
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Regenosca & the SFITS
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Augmedi & the SFITS
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Industry Day at the SFITS
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