Originally Published MDDI
August 2004
Innovations
Breakthroughs? You Voted for...
The medical device and diagnostic industry thrives on new ideas and further refinement of those designs. We surveyed you, our readers, to find out just what you thought were the most innovative inventions of the last 25 years.
The Big Ten
1. Stents
2. Magnetic resonance imaging
3. Minimally invasive surgical devices
4. Pacemakers
5. Defibrillators
6. Joint and limb replacement devices
7. Artificial body parts (hearts, limbs, organs)
8. Angioplasty
9. Laser surgery technology
10. Computed tomography scanning
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