Medical Devices Financial Incentive Program (MDFIP) - no longer available

This funding program is no longer available.

Recipients 2009

The successful Queensland based companies were:

• ETS Mobility (a business initiative of the Cerebral Palsy League) for Pro-Fit, that uses software to make custom seating for people with significant skeletal deformities
• NeuroTech Research P/L for Neuromathix, that uses software to more closely define specific drug delivery for patients, enhancing the therapeutic efficiency of medications
• Diversionary Therapy Technologies P/L for Ditto, a hand-held device that alleviates pain and anxiety by diverting the attention of paediatric burns patients
• Inverness Medical Innovations Australia P/L for Panbio Dengue Early ELISA (Generation 2), a kit that aids the clinical diagnosis of dengue fever.

Ministerial Media Statement

Treasurer and Minister for Employment and Economic Development
The Honourable Andrew Fraser
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Medical devices attract funding for trials

A software progam that helps design special seating for people with skeletal deformity is among four medical devices awarded up to $50,000 each from the Queensland Government because of the potential to improve patient safety and comfort. The device uses a computer program to design individual seating for people whose spinal and pelvic conditions – such as cerebral palsy – confine them to a wheelchair.

Acting Health Minister Andrew Fraser said the four inventions, awarded second-round  grants under the Medical Devices Financial Incentive Program, were outstanding applicants. “This will assist the Queensland companies that have come up with these innovative devices to have them clinically assessed and trialled,” Mr Fraser said.

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