Inventors' Vignettes: Success and Failure in the Development of Medical Devices

摘要

Contents: The report contains the following vignettes: The Development of Technicon's Auto Analyzer; The Story of Technicons's Sequential Multiple Analyzer, Model 12/60; Dupont's Automatic Clinical Analyzer; Beckman's Automated Stat/Routine Analyzer System; Pneumatic Extradural Intracranial Pressure Monitor; Invention of an Electronic Retinoscope; The Perception of Necessity and the Inventive Process: The Sternal Approximator and Percutaneous Intra-Aortic Balloon Catheter; The First Successful Implantable Cardiac Pacemaker; The Invention of the Rechargeable Cardiac Pacemaker; The Development of a Totally Implantable Drug-Infusion Pump; The Invention of the Programmable Implantable Medication System; Dental Laminate Veneers; Plasmapheresis; Wheelchairs for the Third World; The Development of the Ultrasonic Head Control Unit; The Development of an Artifical Sphincter for Ostomy Patients; Disposable Surgical Procedure Trays; Establishing and Building a New Company: The Experience of Metatech Corporation.