Medical Innovation - Science, Technology and Practice

List of contents

1. The Intra-Ocular Lens Revolution Stan Metcalfe, Andrea Mina, Andrew James 2. Coronary Artery Disease Andrea Mina, Ronnie Ramlogan, Stan Metcalfe and Gindo Tampubolon 3. The Evolution of the Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Treatment for Heart Failure Piera Morlacchi and Richard R. Nelson 4. Uncertainty in the Hybridization of New Medical Devices: The Artificial Disc Case David Barberá-Tomás 5. Technological Accretion in Diagnostics: HPV Testing and Cytology in Cervical Cancer Screening Stuart Hogarth, Michael Hopkins and Daniele Rotolo 6. Poliomyelitis Vaccine Innovation Ohid Yaqub 7. Glaucoma: The Silent Thief of Sight Davide Consoli and Ronnie Ramlogan

About the author

Davide Consoli is Research Fellow at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), a joint research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain.
Andrea Mina is University Lecturer in Economics of Innovation, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.
Richard R. Nelson is Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Global Development, Columbia Earth Institute, Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA.
Ronnie Ramlogan is a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Business School, UK.

Summary

This book brings together a collection of empirical case studies featuring a wide spectrum of medical innovation. While there is no unique pathway to successful medical innovation, recurring and distinctive features can be observed across different areas of clinical practice.

Product details

• Authors: Davide Mina Consoli
• Assisted by: Davide Consoli (Editor), Consoli Davide (Editor), Andrea Mina (Editor), Mina Andrea (Editor), Richard R. Nelson (Editor), Ronnie Ramlogan (Editor), Ramlogan Ronnie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367668686
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66868-6
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Pharmacy; Medical research, MEDICAL / Research, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering