Auckland Bioengineering Institute
David Budgett
Senior Research Fellow, Technology Development Leader
BE(Hons) Cant., PhD Lond.
Contact details
UniServices House,
Room 847
70 Symonds Street
Auckland
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 85116
Email: d.budgett@auckland.ac.nz
Profile
David Budgett has a keen interest in smart implantable devices. He coordinates collaborative teams drawn from academic and commercial institutions to take advantage of technology to create novel devices.
He leads the Implantable Devices Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute which has close ties with Dr Patrick Hu from the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering. This group is responsible for developing novel biomedical sensors and transcutaneous energy transfer systems that can provide electrical power to implanted devices wirelessly.
A key technology showcase is the ability to power the next generation of artificial hearts. The present industry solution is to pass an electrical wire through the skin. This introduces a serious infection risk. Using inductive power, this risk can be eliminated.
Dr Budgett is a co-founder of the company Telemetry Research which supplies implantable monitoring systems for research applications. System have been shipped to 18 different countries, and the telemetry technology is now being adopted by the majority of big pharmaceutical companies.
David Budgett has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College in London. He graduated with BE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He has held lecturing positions in the Department of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, and the School of Engineering, University of Sussex. He is part of the management team of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, has major research grants in the field of implantable devices, and maintains a special interest in commercialisation of the Institute's intellectual property.
Project links
Telemetry Research
Read more information about Telemetry Research Ltd at the company's website.
