Overview
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S. Abbas Shobeiri
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INOVA Health System, Falls Church, USA
- Provides a rich practical, evidence based resource written in a simple a step-by-step approach
- Written by acknowledged experts
- Richly illustrated with a
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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- Jonia Alshiek, S. Abbas Shobeiri
Pages 143-171
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- Katrina Knight, Pamela Moalli, Rui Liang
Pages 173-194
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- Cheryl B. Iglesia, Pakeeza A. Alam
Pages 195-202
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- Jonia Alshiek, S. Abbas Shobeiri
Pages 203-231
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- Farzeen Firoozi, Howard B. Goldman
Pages 233-242
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- Melissa R. Kaufman, Laura Chang-Kit, Elizabeth T. Brown, Roger R. Dmochowski
Pages 243-262
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- Ghazaleh Rostaminia, Tanaz Ferzandi, S. Abbas Shobeiri
Pages 263-279
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- Miles Murphy, Michael Ting, Vincent R. Lucente
Pages 281-302
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Back Matter
Pages 303-309
About this book
This text provides a central resource for physicians, entrepreneurs, and the MBA students about how innovation occurs in medical device industry. The book uses the rise and fall of vaginal mesh kits to highlight the evolution of responses by the physicians, patients and the regulatory bodies. There are specific chapters reviewing the US regulatory issues and business practices that were consequential to withdrawal of most vaginal mesh kits from the US market. The book is meant to be concise, evidence-based, and practical for the first time readers to understand the innovation forces. Concise textual information from acknowledged experts is complemented by high-quality diagrams and images to provide a thorough update of this rapidly evolving medical device industry. The case study chapters fully elucidate the anatomical basis that led to conceptualization of vaginal mesh kits, their introduction into the market, medicolegal and business implications followed with innovation that occurred by the surgeons to utilize ultrasound for and innovative surgeries to overcome device complications. With a luxurious number of well-marked pictures, readers will gain a clear understanding of the medical device innovation and evolution. Innovation and Evolution of Medical Devices: The vaginal Mesh Kits provides a rich practical resource written in a simple a step-by- step approach for all readers in their approach to new medical devices and technologies.
Editors and Affiliations
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INOVA Health System, Falls Church, USA
S. Abbas Shobeiri
About the editor
S. Abbās Shobeiri, MD, FACS, FACOG
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus
Professor, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Graduate College, OUHSC
Vice Chair, Gynecologic Subspecialties,
Falls Church, VA