10 Crazy Medtech Ideas That Could Disrupt Medicine10 Crazy Medtech Ideas That Could Disrupt Medicine

November 13, 2014

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10 Crazy Medtech Ideas That Could Disrupt Medicine

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1. Robot AnesthesiologistsWho ever thought that an anesthesiologist could be replaced with a machine? But that is exactly what is happening in the case of colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures and the Sedasys System produced by Sedasys, a division of Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon subsidiary.The system received FDA pre-market approval last year after 14 clinical studies involving nearly 1800 patients. It could be game-changing because it would eliminate the need to have a highly paid anesthesiologist in a room for some types of procedures.Sedasys "is a great way to improve care and reduce costs," J&J CEO Alex Gorsky said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.An important point is that Sedasys is not a closed loop system. It will never increase drug delivery; rather, it only restricts, suspends, decreases, or stops the propofol infusion, depending on patient physiology. A clinician needs to intervene to increase drug delivery.

10 Crazy Medtech Ideas That Could Disrupt Medicine

Google’s founders like to hype the company’s ethos around “moon shots” and “big bets.” Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently made a “call for crazy ideas” related to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health program,

All of the talk of big dreams and far out ideas got us asking: What seemingly crazy medtech concepts are now showing promise of actually becoming a reality?

Read on to find out.

Brian Buntz is the editor-in-chief of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @brian_buntz.Chris Newmarker is senior editor of MPMN and Qmed. Follow him on Twitter at @newmarker

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