About Cincinnati Children's Innovation Ventures

Cincinnati Children's has been a leader in medical innovation for more than 80 years. Breakthroughs have included --

• the Sabin oral polio vaccine.
• the rotavirus vaccine.
• the first practical heart-lung machine.
• the first successful bone marrow transplant for sickle cell disease.
• the identification of surfactant proteins as a routine treatment for respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
• the first human esophagus organoid grown from pluripotent stem cells.

Researchers and clinicians at Cincinnati Children’s continue to innovate every day. 

Our team of experts guides the commercialization process every step of the way. We assess and protect innovations, facilitate industry partnerships, and bring products to market through licensing, startups, and Outside-In investment.