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Transoral endoscopic anchor placement system > Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction > Successful feasibility study > Technology assessment > Daniel Herron > Desmond Birkett > Chris Thompson > Marc Bessler > Lee Swanström

How successful is the technology for the clinical circumstances for which it is being evaluated? Will there be a technology assessment by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE following the feasibility of reducing the stoma diameter using transoral endoscopic suturing techniques? Will there be an adequate randomized clinical trial in the near future to […]

TriPort device > Advanced Surgical Concept > New Procedure To Revolutionize Donor Nephrectomy > Kidney Live Donor Surgery > NBC Today Show > Bellybutton procedure > Surgical scar hidden by bellybutton

Will surgeons use the TriPort to develop a new generation of procedures that reduce surgical trauma and scars? will the reduction in trauma and scars result in an increase in the number of patients willing to provide transplant kidneys and other organs? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and […]

Single port laparoscopy SPL > More surgeons perform SPL surgery > Triport > Quadport > Retention suture t-anchors > Single port access SPA > One Port Umbilicus Surgery OPUS > R-Port laparoscopic access device > Advanced Surgical Concepts ASC > Transumbilical nephrectomy and pyeloplasty > Needlescopic instruments > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES

Is single port laparoscopy SPL positioned to be more successful than using the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES approach? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and robotics? Are retention suture t-anchors to the lateral parietal peritoneum improving the SPL access for scarless single port transumbilical
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Ceramic-on-ceramic technology > Alumina femoral head > Mated with an alumina acetabular cup > Advances in Medical Implants > Morgan Advanced Ceramics’ MAC > HIP Vitox > Ceramic-on-ceramic hip joints > Predicted life of more than 20 years > Biocompatibility > Resistance to wear > Artificial joints > Implantable electronic sensors > Pacemakers Defibrillators > Cochlear implants > Hearing devices > Drug delivery > Neurostimulator > Alumina > Zirconia

Will we see more ceramic-based coatings in medical devices like diamond-like carbon DLC? Will powder injection molding PIM and Metal injection molding MIM make the design of intricate components possible? Are the advances in medical implant material trailblazing the development of NOTES devices and special hybrid endoscopic instruments?

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Move a device idea from the research phase to the market > Massachusetts medical device industry > Industry-specific support > Innovation Index of the Massachusetts Economy > Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives > Dow Jones VentureSource > Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s John Adams Innovation Institute > Worcester business incubators

Is Massachusetts a Medtech hub that benefits from industry that has developed there close to all the universities? Is the infrastructure for both the creation of device ideas and the development of device ideas unique to the state of Massachusetts? Why can medical device companies gain a foothold in Massachusetts that they cannot gain elsewhere?

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Advances in the technology of healthcare 2008 and beyond > Speed of change > Key predictions for the future > Robots in Surgery > Advanced genetic tests and pharmaceuticals > Identification of disease susceptibility > Optimal drug vaccine or gene therapy treatment > NOTES no scar procedures

Will surgical robots have the potential advantages of precision and miniaturization as well as articulation? Are the current applications and prototypes that drive around in a patient’s body and act as the eyes and hands of a surgeon able to deliver drugs directly to specific receptors? Will medical devices or robots on a nanometer […]

Transoral endoscopic anchor placement system > Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction > Successful feasibility study > Technology assessment > Daniel Herron > Desmond Birkett > Chris Thompson > Marc Bessler > Lee Swanström

How successful is the technology for the clinical circumstances for which it is being evaluated? Will there be a technology assessment by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE following the feasibility of reducing the stoma diameter using transoral endoscopic suturing techniques? Will there be an adequate randomized clinical trial in the near future to […]

Vagus Nerve Stimulation VNS Therapy In Obese Patients For The Treatment Of Hypertension And Diabetes > Pulse Generator Implanted Into A Patient’s Chest > Cyberonics Sells Patent Rights For Pacemaker-like Device > $9.5 Million Deal > Grants Cincinnati-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery Exclusive Rights

Will the out-licensing of the obesity-related patents permit Cyberonics to focus on achieving positive cash flow and profitability, and growing their core epilepsy business? Is Cyberonics successful with the FDA-approved device for patients with epilepsy and treatment-resistant depression? Can Ethicon Endo-Surgery use the device only in clinical trials at this point?

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