Minutes of the Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme Committee A Meeting to discuss applications to Product Development Awards Call 26 Stage 2
Date and Location
Meeting held on Tuesday 21 November 2023 at LGC Ltd, Grange House, 15 Church Street, Twickenham TW1 3NL
In attendance
Funding Committee A members
Ms Emma Palmer Foster (Chair)
Professor Paul Sibbons (Deputy Chair)
Professor Clive Buckberry
Ms Mary Anne Cordeiro
Dr Surbhi Gupta
Professor David Jayne
Dr Jonathan Jeffers
Mr Derek Jerome
Professor James Moore
Dr Kam Pooni
Dr Julie Simmonds
Dr Andrew Sims
Mr Keith Tucker (Virtual)
Ms Alexina Weekes
Secretariat
Professor Mike Lewis (Programme Director)
Dr Ruth Nebauer (Assistant Director, Innovation Programmes)
Dr Silvana Cossins
Ms Eva Garritsen
Dr Stuart Haylock
Ms Ami Hodges
Mr Fergus Morris
Apologies
Mr Ravi Chana
Professor Gail Hayward
Dr Thomas Keeble
Dr Zahid Latif
Dr Nick de Pennington
Dr Krishan Ramdoo
Dr Matthew Reeves
Dr Peter Watkinson
Operations Team
Ms Rachel Wylie
Ms Harkerat Jandu
Ms Tanya McQueen
Ms Michal Wagman
Applications assessed at Stage 2
NIHR206410: Inflatable Prone Repositioning Device, from Manufacturable Prototype to Marketable Product
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR206418: Validation and implementation of electronic patient safety alerts to reduce hospital bed occupancy and readmissions following emergency admission
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR206425: Crainio non-invasive intracranial pressure monitor for traumatic brain injury: product development
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR206435: Plexaa for Preconditioning: The development of a preconditioning device to improve surgical outcomes
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Support
NIHR206436: Safety and Efficacy of a foot-volume-measuring device using 3D imagery and AI to automatically monitor heart failure patients.
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR206453: A software system for measuring hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy from pelvic radiographs
Conflicted Committee Member: None
Funding Committee recommendation: Reject
NIHR206499: A digital ecosystem for acute oncology
Conflicted Committee Members: Dr Kam Pooni, Dr Surbhi Gupta, Professor Clive Buckberry
Funding Committee recommendation: Support