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Course: 2025/2026

Innovation and entrepreneurship

(20079)

Master in Biomechanical Engineering and Medical Devices (Plan: 545 - Estudio: 409)

EPI

Coordinating teacher: NIETO SANCHEZ, MARIA JESUS

Department assigned to the subject: Mechanical Engineering Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Objectives

CAPABILITIES C5. Design and execute the development stages of biomechanical and medical devices from conceptualization to commercialization, taking into account the regulatory framework, legal aspects, and ethical principles, including the field of implants and prostheses. C6. Develop and present business ideas and prepare a business plan. LEARNING OUTCOMES Apply appropriate innovation management tools and assess the consequences of decisions related to the protection of intellectual and industrial property.

Learning Outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

Part I: Innovation ¿ Concepts, sources, and types of innovation ¿ Adoption and diffusion of innovation in the healthcare sector ¿ Technological innovation and its characteristics in the healthcare sector ¿ Technological cooperation and open innovation in the healthcare sector ¿ Funding of innovation Part II: Protection of Innovation ¿ Concepts of industrial and intellectual property ¿ Intellectual property: Criteria, requirements, and effects ¿ Management of intellectual property in the healthcare sector Part III: Entrepreneurship and business venturing

Learning activities and methodology

- Theoretical lectures - Practical sessions - Theoretical-practical sessions - Exams - Student's individual work - Teams work

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

- Practical cases resolution (in teams) Class involvement and participation: 20%
- Project developed in teams: 30%
- Final exam: 50%, (with at least a grade of 4/10 to take into account continuous assessment)

This assessment is applied both in the ordinary and extraordinary call

Basic Bibliography

Barlow, J. . Managing innovation in healthcare. . World Scientific Publishing Europe, Ltd.. 2017
Hidalgo Nuchera, A., G. León Serrano, J. Pavón Morote. . La gestión de la innovación y la tecnología en las organizaciones . Pirámide.. 2014
Rodríguez Márquez, Nieto, M.J.A.Fernández, Z., y Revilla Castejón, A.. Manual de Creación de Empresas. . Civitas-Thompson Reuters. . 2014
Schilling, M. A. . Strategic management of technological innovation. McGraw-Hill.. 2017

Electronic Resources *

Rodríguez Márquez, A., Nieto, M. J., Fernández, Z. y Revilla, A. · Manual de Creación de Empresas : http:// https://bibliotecas.uc3m.es/permalink/f/1nksr18/34UC3M_ALMA51276078980004213

Additional Bibliography

Castle, D. . The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology Innovation.. Edward Elgar Publishing. . 2009
Dodgson, M, Philips, N., y Gann, D. M. (Eds). . The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management.. Oxford University Press. . 2014

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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.