Barriers to Innovation AIMBE Workshop

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Barriers to InnovationAIMBE Workshop

• AIMBE Advocacy Committee
• Chair John T. Watson
• February 18, 2005

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Barriers to InnovationAdvocacy Committee

• Members John Abele, Mike Ackerman, Vincent
  DeCaprio, Ken Diller, Gene Eckstein, Bob Ilker,
  Ken Keller, Mike Ladisch, Jen-shih Lee, Jack
  Linehan, Dane Miller, Buddy Ratner, Frank Yin
• Ex-Officio Don Giddens, Art Johnson, Tom Harris,
  Pat Ford-Roegner
• Invited Hank Werronen
• Chair John Watson

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Barriers to InnovationAdvocacy Committee Charge

• Create an Advocacy Agenda
• Create a Deliverable for marketing the value of
  Medical and Biological Engineering to the public,
  Congress and the Administration

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AIMBE Hall of Fame1950s and Earlier

• Artificial kidney
• X-ray
• Electrocardiogram
• Cardiac pacemaker
• Cardiopulmonary bypass
• Antibiotic production technology
• Defibrillator

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AIMBE Hall of Fame1960s

• Heart valve replacement
• Intraocular lens
• Ultrasound
• Vascular grafts
• Blood analysis and processing

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AIMBE Hall of Fame1970s

• Computer assisted tomography (CT)
• Artificial hip and knee replacement
• Balloon catheter
• Endoscopy
• Biological plant/food engineering

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AIMBE Hall of Fame1980s

• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Laser surgery
• Vascular stents
• Recombinant therapeutics

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AIMBE Hall of Fame1990s Until Today

• Genomic sequencing micro-arrays
• Positron emission tomography
• Image-guided surgery

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Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th
Century

• Electrification
• Automobile
• Airplane
• Water Supply
• Electronics
• Radio and TV
• Ag. Mechanization
• Computers
• Telephones
• AC Refrigeration

• 11. Highways
• 12. Spacecraft
• 13. Internet
• 14. Imaging
• 15. Household Appliances
• 16. Health Technologies
• 17. Petroleum Technologies
• 18. Laser and Fiber Optics
• 19. Nuclear Technologies
• 20. High-performance Materials

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Barriers to InnovationNational Issue

• FDA Innovation and Stagnation
• HHS Moving Medical Innovations Forward New
  Initiatives from HHS
• NAE Assessing the Capacity of the U.S.
  Engineering Research Enterprise

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Barriers to InnovationPanel Members

• Clifford Goodman, Ph.D. VP, Lewin Group
• Dane Miller, Ph.D. Pres/CEO, Biomet
• Howard Zucker, M.D. Deputy Sec., HHS
• Phyllis Greenberger, Pres/CEO, SWHR

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Barriers to InnovationAIMBE Advocacy Agenda

• What are the common issues for patients,
  families, academia, industry, small business,
  federal agencies, providers and payers?
• How to decrease the timeline for introducing new
  medical and biological engineering innovations?