TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Principles of Innovation: Transforming Clinical Needs into Viable Inventions A1 - Makower, Joshua A1 - Nayak, Asha A1 - Denend, Lyn A2 - Samady, Habib A2 - Fearon, William F. A2 - Yeung, Alan C. A2 - King III, Spencer B. PY - 2017 T2 - Interventional Cardiology, 2e AB - Nowhere is the opportunity to innovate as inviting as in the field of medicine, and no specialty has been as productive in the development of new technologies as cardiology. Because heart disease remains the most common cause of death in developed economies such as the United States (and is a growing threat in middle and low-income countries around the world), new developments in cardiology can affect an especially large population and have a tremendous impact. Advances in our understanding of human physiology, genetics, and molecular biology continue to define the fundamental mechanisms responsible for disease. Through these insights, we gain new perspectives and tools with which to create novel solutions. Regardless of the specific clinical problem to be solved, a common innovation process can be applied. It is this basic approach for creating new medical technologies that we hope to convey within this chapter. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146607773 ER -