Implantable medical devices push the limits of technology in low power and small size. We will discuss future innovations at the intersection of electronics, cell biology, sensors and wireless technologies. Over the next several years these new emerging medical technologies will require even lower power and smaller semiconductors, with a lot more computational power that we have now in the microcontrollers that are currently in use.
Mir Imran founded InCube Laboratories in 1995 to focus on his passion: creating medical device solutions that change the standard of care in critical healthcare markets. Mir began his career as a med-tech entrepreneur in the late 1970’s, and has founded numerous game-changing companies since those early days. Over the decades, he has become one of the most successful inventor and entrepreneur in healthcare.
Mir holds more than 200 US & foreign patents – and is perhaps most well known for his pioneering contributions to the first FDA-approved Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. However Mir has invented a number of breakthrough devices that have set new standards of care. Highlights include depth of anesthesia monitors, Trans-Urethral Needle Ablation (TUNA), embolic protection devices, and systems to treat cardiac arrhythmias. Mir’s current crop of inventions includes advanced treatments for neural aneurysms, epilepsy, ulcerative colitis, obesity and chronic pain, among others. Most of these will enter clinical trials in the 2008 to 2010 timeframe. Mir is also actively engaged in the application of sensors, ultra low power electronics and wireless technologies for remote patient monitoring.
As an investor, Mir is the founder and Managing Director of InCube Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on medical technology. Previously, Mir was a Venture Partner at DFJ ePlanet Ventures, where he led 9 investments in a range of promising medical technology ventures. Mir holds an MS in Bio-Engineering and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, and he spent three years at the Rutgers Medical School / CMDNJ.