The Center for the Transfer of Biomedical Technologies was established in 2012 and is a shared workplace for the University Hospital Hradec Králové, the University of Hradec Králové, and the Faculty of Military Health Sciences. The center is situated in the area of the University Hospital Hradec Králové and its main activity is to provide support for the commercialization of new discoveries, knowledge and know-how arising from research and development in all partner organizations. The center is unique in terms of its specialization in medicine, pharmacy, medical technology, bioinformatics, etc.
The center provides specific services in supporting scientific, research and development activities, the protection of related intellectual property, and the commercialization of the results of these activities. It provides counselling, methodical and legal assistance in the protection of intellectual property, focuses on the promotion and understanding of intellectual property protection, and helps facilitate the commercialization of R & D activities. The center actively searches for potential commercially viable R & D activities and cooperates with proponents of such projects in the preparation of research projects and the legal protection and commercialization of any results. The center has many contacts among commercial establishments and continuously performs analyses of the needs relevant to the application sphere and takes them into account in the work of researchers, i.e. creating a functional communication channel between scientists and the commercial sphere.
Since 2012, six utility models, eight patent applications have been filed and registered under the center, one option contract and two license agreements have been signed. Starting in 2014, the center has annually announced an internal project competition called “proof of concept” which seeks to validate research and development results that have the potential to be applied in practice.
