While this is separately a White Paper that I wrote and periodically re-write to reflect new stuff being developed (or progressing in that development), it is worthwhile to occasionally revisit the list of technologies that have real promise, especially if that promise is getting closer to reality, or only if the demand is simply getting [...]
In last week’s Wall Street Journal, Stephen Oesterle, the vice president for medicine and technology at Medtronic was paraphrased for his startling conclusion that medical devices are “finished”. His point, “You can’t keep stuffing gizmos into people to treat end-stage disease… When biotechnology gets right, we’re finished. Because it’s restorative, not palliative as devices are.” [...]
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