NJIT, Leader at Stryker and NJIT Recognized for Innovation in Medical Technology

Robert Cohen innovates to improve health care.

The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is recognizing medical technology developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Stryker executive Robert C. Cohen’s leadership in surgical device and robotics innovation.

Cohen, who holds three degrees from NJIT and chairs its Board of Trustees, is president of digital robotics and enabling technologies at Stryker. He and NJIT will be honored at the council’s annual Edison Patent Awards ceremony in November.

Associate Professor Murat Guvendiren is part of a team of NJIT inventors honored for technology transfer.

Printing biomaterials

The NJIT recognition, for Technology Transfer, will be accepted by a team of inventors that forged a novel technology that allows manufacturers for the first time to 3D print a class of biomaterials used in bone and tissue repair.

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