TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Future Directions for Medical Devices and Diagnostic Equipment A1 - Christensen, Clayton M. A1 - Grossman, Jerome H. A1 - Hwang, Jason Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care AB - Doctors using products from the medical device and diagnostic equipment (MDDE) industry have wrought unimagined blessings in the lives of millions of people. Implantable pacemakers and defibrillators enable people with otherwise debilitating heart irregularities to live normal lives. Angioplasty has alleviated symptoms of recurring chest pain in millions of people. Artificial hips and knees have permitted more active and independent lifestyles for millions who would otherwise be invalid. Portable blood glucose monitors enable diligent patients with diabetes to live long and normal lives, escaping the devastating complications of their disease. Where conventional surgery entailed weeks of recuperation, minimally invasive surgical equipment allows serious surgery to be done on an outpatient basis—with recovery completed in a matter of days. Electrical micropulses from deeply implanted neural stimulators in the brain can cause the tremors of Parkinson's disease to disappear—and even, in other patients, to mitigate the symptoms of depression. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1150326388 ER -