TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CENTER (NIT): The PPG has access to the resources of the Technological Innovation Centers (NIT) of the University of São Paulo and the NIT of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo. The installed infrastructure places the HEI in a prominent position in the health innovation landscape, contributing to advancements in the development of solutions for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases, collaborating for the development of the health economic-industrial complex in Brazil.
Within the Technological Innovation Center of USP, the USP Innovation Agency (AUSPIN) (https://www.inovacao.usp.br/), which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, is responsible for managing the innovation policy to promote the utilization of scientific, technological, and cultural knowledge produced at the university, for the benefit of the sustainable socioeconomic development of the State of São Paulo and the country. It acts in the protection of industrial and intellectual property generated at the University of São Paulo, carrying out all the necessary procedures for the registration of patents, trademarks, copyrights of books, software, music, among other creations. It offers support to faculty and graduate students of USP in the elaboration of projects in partnership to better manage relationships with the business sectors, as well as communicate to society in general the impact and benefits of innovations guided by science, developed by USP researchers. Through business incubators, technology parks, and specific training, it promotes entrepreneurship, offering technical, managerial support, and complementary training to entrepreneurs. AUSPIN’s action axes are: (1) innovation incentive – intellectual property; (2) technology transfer, focusing on making them available to society; (3) CT&I Prospecting; (4) partnerships with the private and governmental sectors; (5) promotion of the internalization of research in companies; (6) extensionism for competitiveness; (7) support for entrepreneurship; (8) communication and dissemination of innovation in strategic projects; and (9) national and international cooperation for the promotion of innovation.
The NIT of USP has InovaUSP, a space designed to integrate laboratories and initiatives in a multidisciplinary environment focused on the development of research and innovation. This space serves independent laboratories of academic units and promotes interdisciplinary collaborative activities. Furthermore, it encourages USP graduate students to enhance their training in entrepreneurship and innovation. In this context, InovaUSP seeks to foster innovation and entrepreneurship directly and indirectly, contributing to the creation of companies, job generation, increased competitiveness and productivity, and thus improving the quality of life of the population.
In addition to the NIT of USP, the PPG directly utilizes the infrastructure of the NIT of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of USP, called InovaHC. InovaHC has Technological Innovation Centers (CITs) within the Institutes of HCFMUSP, which advise researchers/entrepreneurs on matters related to the processes of transforming ideas into products, partnerships with companies, intellectual property, and technology transfer to the market, as well as the development of local activities that stimulate projects with technological innovation potential.
The Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP) has a robust and diversified infrastructure that supports health innovation activities. It is one of the largest hospital institutions in Latin America, known for combining excellent care, high-quality teaching, and cutting-edge research, with a growing increase in support for innovation activities and partnerships with companies.
Innovation Programs:
1) InCube-InovaHC: Institutional program that fosters innovation in the hospital, encompassing everything from the initial idea to practical application, with support for prototyping and validation;
2) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub: Initiative to integrate researchers, students, and entrepreneurs in the search for disruptive solutions in health. This is an area of the Hospital das Clínicas that operates in partnership with the private sector and is currently managed by the company Moso (Moso-InovaHC, https://www.moso.ac/).
Research Laboratories: In 2024, the Usability Center (UX) was implemented within LEPIC (Laboratory of Teaching, Research and Innovation in Surgery), via the Technological Innovation Center of the Central Institute, with resources obtained from the Institutional Technical Reserve (RTI) of FAPESP. This usability unit, accessible to faculty and students of the PPG, aims to optimize devices, technologies, and workflows to improve the safety, efficiency, and experience of patients and healthcare professionals. It evaluates ergonomics, equipment interface, and the impact of innovations in the perioperative environment, promoting integration between teams and the development of evidence-based solutions for better surgical care. PPG students and faculty have access to the Clinical Engineering Laboratory (Labec) at the Hospital das Clínicas of FMUSP, which is responsible for performing preventive maintenance, calibration, and electrical safety tests on the equipment of the institutes within the HCFMUSP complex.______
INOVATEC has access to laboratories in the Departments where faculty members are affiliated. These are laboratories dedicated to research and innovation within the FMUSP building, at the Central Institute of the Hospital das Clínicas of FMUSP, and at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of USP. The interdisciplinary nature of the Program favors partnerships and the shared use of Laboratories and physical structures in other institutional areas. Institutional equipment for shared use, known as the Premium Network, is published in a specific area of the institutional website: https://premium.fm.usp.br/. The PPG's own laboratories are part of the Medical Investigation Laboratories (LIMs), which are units of the Hospital das Clínicas linked to the Departments and Disciplines of FMUSP, and whose details are available at https://limhc.fm.usp.br/portal/ as well as on the PPG website. These laboratories aim at the development of clinical and translational research; the standardization of new diagnostic techniques and methods with the possibility of validation for use in patients; the training of researchers in basic and applied research. LIMs are research, teaching, and training sites for undergraduate and graduate students in areas whose curricula are directly or indirectly related to health sciences, with the possibility of incorporating high school and technical students. On the PPG website, there is a specific link to the structures related to each of its own laboratories, as well as a descriptive memorial of each laboratory unit, with a list of available equipment. In addition to the specific equipment described below, the laboratory units have basic infrastructure for experimental laboratories, computers, printers, and access to the internet and institutional data network.
- MICRO-SURGERY-PLASTIC SURGERY LABORATORY (linked to LIM-04): located within the FMUSP main building and with access to the animal facility. Structure with an area of 140.54m2, this laboratory develops research projects of the Translational Surgery AC and related to: Body Contouring Plastic Surgery; Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering. The installed technological park was mostly obtained with FAPESP funding or through various donations. It has 03 permanent staff members, including 01 biologist with a doctorate, 01 laboratory technician, and 01 health technician;
- ANESTHESIOLOGY LABORATORY (linked to LIM-08): located within the FMUSP main building and with access to the animal facility. Medical Investigation Laboratory with an area of 55m2, where projects related to the PPG's LACTs can be carried out. The installed technological park includes equipment obtained through FAPESP funding or by donation. The laboratory has three permanent staff members, including a veterinary doctor specialized in veterinary anesthesia, a biologist with a doctorate, and a laboratory technician;
- EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY RESEARCH LABORATORY (linked to LIM-26): located within the FMUSP main building and with access to the animal facility. Laboratory with an area of 80 m2 where research projects of the Translational Surgery AC and related to the development of surgical techniques in animal and experimental models are carried out. This laboratory also conducts surgical technique teaching activities for undergraduate and lato sensu graduate students. It has 02 permanent staff members, including a higher-level laboratory technician and a mid-level laboratory assistant;
- BIOPHYSICS LABORATORY (linked to LIM-08): Located within the Central Institute of the Hospital das Clínicas of FMUSP. Structure of approximately 45m2, used for activities of the Anesthesia and Analgesia and Perioperative Medicine ACs and for research related to mechanical ventilation devices (LP: Impact of anesthetic-surgical trauma on the respiratory system), in addition to its use for research and skills training in airway access, vascular access, resuscitation, and mechanical ventilation for undergraduate and lato sensu graduate students. Experiments related to incremental technological innovation in materials, including those for airway access, are also being carried out in this laboratory. It has one health technical assistant;
- PAIN NEUROMODULATION LABORATORY: of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of USP, under the responsibility of DP Camila Squarzoni Dale.
The participation of Program members in the Institutes of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (HCFMUSP) and the University Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (HU) enables the development of clinical and translational scientific-technological projects, with continuous training of qualified human resources and broad utilization of the institutional infrastructure. The hospital complex comprises several institutes, allowing for interdisciplinary interaction and knowledge exchange among specialists. The healthcare units have financial resources and an institutional policy for technological updating that provides adequate equipment for quality care and constitute an excellent infrastructure for the execution of projects, such as access to electronic medical records, and the resources of the Clinical Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging Laboratories.
- CENTRAL INSTITUTE: a quaternary hospital with 34 surgical rooms, an obstetric center with 04 rooms and 12 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia, where surgical and diagnostic-therapeutic procedures are performed, in addition to a post-anesthetic recovery unit, a general Surgical Intensive Care Unit with 17 beds, as well as an adequate number of inpatient beds for surgical patients and Surgical Outpatient Units, Preoperative Evaluation, and Pain Treatment units. In addition to the Center for Technological Innovation (CITIC-InovaHC), it has a structured clinical research center that allows for research on surgical patients or those admitted to Intensive Care Units;
- HEART INSTITUTE: a quaternary hospital with 14 surgical rooms and 10 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia, in addition to a post-anesthetic recovery unit and a Surgical Intensive Care Unit with 71 beds with coordination linked to the PPG. It has a technological innovation center (InovaINCOR) and a structured clinical research center that allows for the development of projects on surgical patients or those admitted to Intensive Care Units;
- ORTHOPEDICS INSTITUTE: a tertiary hospital with 11 surgical rooms and 01 room for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia and a post-anesthetic recovery unit;
- CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: a tertiary hospital with 04 surgical rooms and 03 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia and a post-anesthetic recovery unit. The projects developed at this Institute are related to anesthesia and surgery in pediatric patients;
- PSYCHIATRY INSTITUTE: a tertiary hospital with 03 surgical rooms and 01 room for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia, in addition to a unit for electroconvulsive therapy under anesthesia. The research projects under development at this Institute are related to anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy and neurosurgery;
- CANCER INSTITUTE: a quaternary hospital that stands out for its excellent installed technological infrastructure. It has 14 active surgical rooms and 12 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia, in addition to a post-anesthetic recovery unit, a Surgical Intensive Care Unit with 70 beds, and surgical Outpatient Units for preoperative evaluation and pain treatment. The research projects developed at this Institute are related to anesthesia, surgery, and perioperative care for cancer patients;
- RADIOLOGY INSTITUTE: a tertiary hospital with 12 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia and a post-anesthetic recovery unit, where procedures are performed under anesthesia or sedation. The INLAB, the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of InovaHC, is located in this Institute;
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: a secondary hospital with 10 surgical rooms, 04 obstetrics rooms, and 03 rooms for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under anesthesia, in addition to a surgical outpatient unit and a post-anesthetic recovery unit. The projects developed at this hospital are mainly related to general and trauma surgery and anesthesia in obstetrics;