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t m c » p u l s e | n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 7 20 J&J's Global Play The Center for Device Innovation @ TMC aims to transform napkin sketches into medical devices D r. Billy Cohn is finally getting the workshop he has always wanted. And he's excited to show it off, especially the virtual reality suite, which can transport anyone into an operating room deep inside the Texas Medical Center. In November, Johnson & Johnson cuts the ribbon on its new Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC), located on the John P. McGovern campus, at Holcombe Boulevard and Almeda vice president of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices and director of the CDI @ TMC, said he had no fewer than four projects that he is eager to do. (continued) Road. The new space marks another milestone for Johnson & Johnson's investment in the Texas Medical Center, and will be the company's only Center for Device Innovation in the world. "Johnson & Johnson has an incredibly long history of being one of the most innovative companies in medical devices," said Sandi Peterson, group worldwide chairman of Johnson & Johnson. "For us, the CDI @ TMC is another evolution in finding new and creative ways to access innovative people who are trying to do things to improve health care and outcomes for patients." The state-of-the-art center is designed to help turn napkin sketches into physical products. It gives Cohn a big, beautiful space to create the types of devices he has been building in his garage at home. While rifling through drawers and cabinets at the center that hold every type of tool imaginable, Cohn, B y C h r i s t i n e H a l l Katelyn Balch, event coordinator for JLABS @ TMC, takes a break in the new Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center. Right: The CDI @ TMC is 26,000 square feet and includes 24 work stations, 12 open lab benches, 10 offices, 10 dual occupancy offices, four segregated work stations and two shipping containers. Entrepreneurs are looking for safe havens for their companies to grow. —ARJUN "JJ" DESAI, M.D. CEO of JLABS and CDI @ TMC