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Filed Under: PROJECTS, TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: BioSpine, Claudio Pizzolato, Cohort, Dinesh Palipana, Gold Coast, Griffith University, health innovation, innovation, LuminaX, Medtech

BioSpine wins coveted fan favourite award

Dr Claudio Pizzolato delivered a compelling pitch at the LuminaX Demo Night

Healthtech start-up Biospine, based in Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct-based, took out the fan favourite award at this year’s LuminaX Demo night, with an innovative pitch delivered by Dr Claudio Pizzolato, co-investigating lead of BioSpine.

The event marked the cumulation of the 14-week Lumina HealthTech Accelerator Program, where BioSpine and ten other passionate healthtech startups received mentoring and coaching by some of Queensland and the Gold Coast’s leading business identities.

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  • Find out more about Project BioSpine and their journey with the LuminaX program
  • Watch: Dr Claudio Pizzolato deliver the pitch that took out the fan favourite award at the LuminaX demo night
  • Check out the BioSpine video to see the tech in action.
  • Visit the LX Health website to find out more about the LuminaX Accelerator Program and see how you can be part of next year’s program

September 5, 2024 By Gemma Bull

Filed Under: PROJECTS, TECHNOLOGY Tagged With: BiVACOR, Cohort, Daniel Timms, Gold Coast, Griffith Mechanobiology Lab, Griffith University, health innovation, healthtech, innovation, medical breakthrough, Medtech

A beating heart marks medical breakthrough

The surgical team behind BiVACORs first total artificial heart implant

On 9 July 2024, the BiVACOR team and the Texas Heart Institute celebrated the successful implantation of a total artificial heart, marking a new era in cardiac care and offering hope to thousands of patients awaiting heart transplants. The heart successfully kept the patient alive for 8 days, before it was removed and replaced by a donor heart, in keeping with the Early Feasibility Study requirements.

The trial has been decades in the making, and marks an important turning point in the development and testing of the BiVACOR total artificial heart.

BiVACOR’s international headquarters are based in the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, where the BiVACOR team work alongside leading collaborators at the Griffith University mechanobiology lab.

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  • Find out more about BiVACORs medical breakthrough with the successful total artificial heart transplant
  • Watch: US-Based artificial heart company sets up international headquarters on the Gold Coast
The BiVACOR heart

September 3, 2024 By Gemma Bull

Filed Under: INVEST, LIVE, PROJECTS Tagged With: Economic Development Queensland, frontline workers, Gold Coast, homes for Queenslanders, Housing, Live, Lumina, students, work and study

New homes for health workers

Artist impression of the proposed housing development at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct

Plans have been lodged to build hundreds of new build-to-rent homes in the Gold Coast’s Health and Knowledge Precinct.

UBS Real Estate Nominees Australia Pty Limited (UBS) has lodged a development application with Economic Development Queensland on the last residential zoned site at the precinct aimed specifically at frontline health workers and students.

The proposal will see the delivery of 878 homes, including 176 affordable units, comprising of studio, one, two, and three-bedroom apartments across four buildings. It will cater for an estimated 1350 new residents right next to the university hospital and Griffith University campus.

The development application also includes plans for a landscaped plaza as well as resident facilities including retail outlets, cafes, and a gym all close to existing public transport networks.

The deliberate mix of dwelling types is expected to further diversify and broaden the range of housing and rental price points that currently exist within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct and the wider Southport location.

Following the submission of the development application and the finalisation of commercial negotiations, it’s expected construction could begin next year.

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  • Media release: Homes for Queenslanders: Plans lodged for 878 key worker homes on Gold Coast
  • Find out more on the Lumina Gold Coast website
Artist impression of the proposed housing development at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct

September 3, 2024 By Gemma Bull

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