ARTICLE SUMMARY:
Who better to understand and execute on ideas for innovative medical devices than physician entrepreneurs? Yet as a roundtable of distinguished physicians at the recent MedTech Strategist Innovation Summit in Dublin proves, even for these exceptional talents the path to success isn’t always easy. Part 1 of 2.
Innovation in medical devices is a complex thing. While it may start with the inspiration of a single individual, usually but not always a physician, bringing an idea from conception to commercialization requires the contributions of dozens of people from different backgrounds and disciplines.