About CTIP

CTIP is an FDA funded MedTech accelerator supporting pediatric device innovators from concept to commercialization.

Who we are

The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP) is a pediatric medical device accelerator centered at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California (USC). Established in 2011 and first funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2013, CTIP promotes the commercialization and clinical use of pediatric medical device technology. In August 2018, CTIP was awarded a new $6.6 million P50 grant from the FDA to continue research and development of MedTech for children (Grant Number: 1P50FD006425-01, PI: Espinoza).

CTIP addresses the most important component missing from pediatric device innovation: simultaneously engaging clinicians, engineers, regulators, hospital administrators, patients and the business community in the process of assessment and development of technology. For portfolio companies, CTIP fosters networking opportunities, direct and indirect financial support and guidance on issues related to, but not limited to, intellectual property, prototyping, engineering, testing, grant writing and clinical trial design. CTIP has a network of children’s hospitals, academic institutions, accelerators and incubators across the West Coast to support the commercialization of pediatric medical devices. CTIP network members include the University of California, Los Angeles; Oregon Health & Science University; University of Southern California; University of California, San Diego; University of California, Berkeley; Seattle Children’s Hospital; Cedars-Sinai Accelerator; The Lundquist Institute; Project Zygote and Larta Institute.

Our Consortium

Principal Site

1 Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Funded Academic Partners

2 University of California, Los Angeles

3 Oregon Health & Science University

Unfunded Academic Partners

4 University of Southern California

5 University of California, San Diego

6 University of California, Berkeley

7 Seattle Children's

8 Cedars-Sinai Accelerator

9 The Lundquist Institute

10 Project Zygote

11 Larta Institute

Cedars-Sinai Accelerator

University of California, San Diego

What we do

CTIP aims to sustain a needs-driven pipeline of new pediatric medical devices and to develop successful models to increase the likelihood of commercializing these medical devices for children.

CTIP provides feasibility analysis tools, resources, and services as well as assembles and educates pediatric product development teams. CTIP is dedicated to promoting and advancing the commercialization of pediatric medical devices by serving innovators and companies and by engaging clinicians, engineers, patients and the business community in the process of assessment and development of novel technologies related to pediatric care. CTIP continually seeks to build its relationships with a variety of stakeholders, such as the medical device industry, medical centers, innovators, parents, and patient advocacy groups. CTIP has supported over 150 pediatric device projects since its inception. Today CTIP’s active portfolio includes over 100 technologies and pediatric medical devices.

LA Ecosystem Partners

BioCom
BioLabs LA
BioscienceLA
CHLA Innovation Studio
City of Los Angeles, Office of Mayor Garcetti
Corporate Accelerator Forum
CrossLinkBio
Grid110
Lab Launch
Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation
Magnify
Masimo
Medtech Innovator
NSF I-corps
Octane
Pledge LA
ScaleHealth
SoCalBio
The Los Angeles Regional SBDC