About TayMed Connect
We're advancing MedTech innovation through effective partnerships between academia, the NHS, and industry for the betterment of health and wellbeing and the promotion of economic growth
TayMed Connect serves as a collaborative platform that brings together key partners across:
- the NHS
- data science
- digital technologies
- manufacturing
- academia
By enabling the open exchange of ideas, resources, and expertise, TayMed Connect accelerates the development of impactful solutions that address real-world healthcare challenges. This approach fosters innovation from within while welcoming fresh perspectives.
TayMed Connect offers access to a collaboration between the University of Dundee, with its top-ranked School of Medicine, and NHS Tayside. This provides a diverse clinical testbed of rural, semi-rural, and urban populations. Ensuring your innovations are guided by expert insights and developed using world-class resources.
Key benefits of TayMed Connect
- Unparalleled resources and multidisciplinary expertise to accelerate the translation and adoption of healthcare technologies.
- A strategic partnership between NHS Tayside and the University of Dundee, combining the essential ingredients for accelerating technology from concept to commercialisation and widespread adoption.
- People-driven innovation, bringing together passionate individuals committed to advancing MedTech.
Do you need help to drive your MedTech project forward? We're here to help.
TayMed Connect Innovation Hub
Collaborate with us both online and at the TayMed Connect Innovation Hub.
This bespoke space located on the Ninewells Hospital campus in Dundee is an ideal place for clinicians, NHS staff, and industry partners to connect and innovate.
The TayMed Connect Innovation Hub offers a comprehensive suite of resources for Medtech translation, all within a healthcare setting.
Its location makes it the perfect testbed for development, with capabilities ranging from:
- procedural training
- device testing at the Image Guided Therapy Research Facility (IGTRF)
- digital health resources at the Health Informatics Centre (HIC)
- prototype manufacturing at the Precision Engineering Workshop (PEW)
- a small business incubator
- laboratory unit
Situated in the heart of Scotland, with excellent transport links, the Hub offers extensive collaboration opportunities across institutions in the North of Scotland and beyond.
Impacts
TayMed Connect is already facilitating international companies in testing devices to navigate the regulatory pathways to approval. These next-generation devices represent innovative treatments that will lead to significant improvements in healthcare delivery and substantial benefits for patients.
TayMed Connect operates under a robust governance framework and provides a variety of contractual frameworks to safeguard confidentiality, intellectual property, and other sensitive information.
With its focus on rapid and efficient support, TayMed Connect offers the ideal solution for collaborative engagement.
Partners
These are the partners working in TayMed Connect to deliver innovative solutions for patient care.
NHS Tayside
University of Dundee
- Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID)
- Centre for Medical Engineering and Technology (CMET)
- Biomedical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering (SSEN)
- Health Informatics Centre (HIC)
- Image Guided Therapy Research Facility (IGTRF)
- Precision Engineering Workshop (PEW)