The AUScelerate Podcast

Chelsea Cornelius is an award winning Australian biomedical engineer who is focused on improving women’s health by developing innovative medical technologies such as PeriCoach. Designed by women, for women, this FDA- approved pelvic floor training platform is wireless enabled and delivers real time biofeedback and clinically proven results to strengthen women’s pelvic floor muscles and improve bladder control. As the CEO of Stratos Medtech, Chelsea joins the podcast to tell us about th...

Micro-X's patented X-ray technology is smaller, lighter, faster and more precise than anything the world has seen before, creating new opportunities for industries. The company, based at the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide, has developed a mobile X-ray platform manufactured in Australia and sold around the world. Now it is using this lightweight tech to create the world's first portable stroke head CT scanner, small enough to fit in an ambulance or retrieval aircraft using...

One of the challenges we face in Australia is getting more homegrown medtech products purchased and used by local hospitals and health services. AUScelerate’s Pathway to Market – Medtech Capability Uplift Program has been supporting seven market-ready Victorian medtech innovations to position themselves competitively for local health procurement opportunities. The recent Australian Medtech Manufacturing Alliance (AMMA) Medtech Showcase profiled Victorian-made products and innovati...

Two in three Australians experience sleeping difficulties which can have profound impacts on health and wellbeing, at home and in the workplace. In this episode dedicated to the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP), we meet Dr Sumedha Verma, a clinical psychologist and sleep expert, and the founder of Deep Sleep Health. It’s a new evidence-based sleep help service that brings together patient care, workforce training, and workplace solutions to reduce insomnia and improve sleep h...

The WA Grant Excellence Service - or WAGES - is a new three-year initiative running in Western Australia (WA), supporting researchers, innovators and start-ups to improve the competitiveness of applications to national grant funding programs. It’s helping to build WA’s health and medical research and innovation capacity and capability, working in conjunction with WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub (WALSIH). WAGES is delivered by MTPConnect in partnership with WA-based Synergy Health Solutions an...