Advanced Catheter & Clinical Workshop (Friday)
We are bringing together world-leading experts in catheters from both the engineering and clinical sides to host an advanced workshop for engineers working in the catheter field.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2026
Location: Stanford (Menlo Park Area)
Focus: Electrophysiology
MAX Capacity: 10 Students
Tentative Activities*
Live Neurovascular Case, Narrated by Dr. Snyder
Lecture: Clinical Immersion for Engineers by Dr Snyder
Q&A Panel w/ Surgeons
Lecture: The Jacob's Institute Method
Lecture: The Biodesign Method
Cath Lab Tour
*Subject to Change based on Patient & Surgery Priorities
Tentative Schedule*
8:30AM - Facility Opens
9:00 AM - Workshop Begins
10:00 - 11:00 - Live Case (or recorded as backup) @ Jacobs Institute - Dr Snyder
12:30 PM - Provided Lunch
5:30PM - Workshop Ends
*Subject to Change based on Patient & Surgery Priorities
Included: The Catheter R&D Handbook by Damian Carr ($175 value)
Included: BayCath Laminated Catheter Reference Sheet ($50 Value)
Program Overview: The one-day workshop will familiarize attendees with the fundamentals of catheter design while empowering them to ask better questions and make more informed design modifications. By helping engineers recognize gaps between a device’s intended use and how it is actually used in the clinical environment, the program fosters greater empathy for physicians and hospital systems and ultimately, better device designs.
Learning Objectives - After attending the workshop, attendees will:
Recognize the critical value of clinical involvement early in the device development cycle
Have an awareness and empathy for the realistic high-stakes clinical experience and decision‑making process, which will reframe how they think about potential failure modes and hazardous situations
Have insights into how physicians manage complications and challenges and better understand why physicians decide not to follow an IFU verbatim and use devices off label
Have learned to identify mismatches, anticipate potential misuse, and develop design modifications that better align devices with the realities of clinical practice.
Understand the impact of systems such as procurement, reimbursement, and supply chain on device adoption.
Gain familiarity with catheter design and an understanding of how each component decision fundamentally constrains or enables downstream performance tuning
Have acquired a deeper understanding of the base materials that can be used to produce the majority of minimally invasive flexible devices
Hospital Credentialing: Stanford will require all attendees to complete a form to be approved to enter several locations visited during this workshop. Refunds will be issued if Stanford rejects your credential. However, refunds will not be issued if you fail to complete this process within the time allowed (3 days MIN).
Please Note: This event is targeted toward senior level and above engineers. We reserve the right to cancel your registration and refund your purchase if you are not currently working in this type of role.
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