HealthTech Design Sprint: A Bioengineering Innovation Workshop by Tonex
This immersive 2-day workshop empowers engineers, designers, clinicians, and health innovators to apply bioengineering principles to real-world medical challenges. Inspired by university capstone design courses, this intensive program walks cross-functional teams through the structured development of a health technology prototype aimed at solving a validated, unmet clinical need.
From identifying key user problems to translating them into technical requirements and early-stage prototypes, this workshop blends theory, design thinking, and hands-on team collaboration. Teams will receive expert guidance and mentoring as they prepare final concept presentations in a “demo day” style format.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to identify and scope a clinical or patient-centric health technology challenge
- Translating user needs into engineering design criteria
- Strategies for iterative prototyping and feedback integration
- Risk assessment and regulatory considerations in medical device design
- Effective team-based innovation and concept presentation skills
Course Modules:
Day 1 – From Needs to Requirements
- Session 1: Understanding Unmet Clinical Needs in Healthcare
- Session 2: Problem Scoping and Opportunity Framing
- Session 3: Translating User Needs into Engineering Specifications
- Session 4: Solution Brainstorming and Feasibility Mapping
- Team Exercise: Needs Discovery + Concept Generation Sprint
Day 2 – Prototyping and Pitching
- Session 5: Concept Refinement and Low-Fidelity Prototyping
- Session 6: Risk, Safety, and Human Factors in HealthTech Design
- Session 7: Communicating Value: Pitching Innovation in Bioengineering
- Session 8: Final Project Showcase: Rapid Team Presentations + Feedback
- Team Exercise: Pitch Clinic + Team Presentations
Key Features
- Fast-paced, mentor-supported capstone sprint format
- Access to Tonex HealthTech Design Canvas & prototyping guide
- Real-world clinical challenge templates
- Demo Day-style project showcase
- Certificate of completion for all participants
Who Should Attend:
- Biomedical engineers and bioengineering academics
- Medical device designers and product development teams
- Healthcare professionals and clinicians in innovation roles
- Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in medtech
- Cross-disciplinary university teams or corporate R&D groups