30 Years of Milestones That Mattered for Medtech30 Years of Milestones That Mattered for Medtech

February 27, 2015

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30 Years of Milestones That Mattered for Medtech

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1985Michel Mirowski (right) and Morton Mower (left) show off an early automatic defibrillator prototype. A robot called the Unimation Puma 200 placed a needle for a brain biopsy under CT guidance—one of the early milestones for robot-assisted surgery. The Nucleus Mini22, the first cochlear implant, was approved by FDA.

30 Years of Milestones That Mattered for Medtech

It's hard to fathom that something as ubiquitous as the microprocessor was just starting to be used in medtech, back in 1985. 

Chris Newmarker and Brian Buntz

Updated March 3, 2015

MPMN has seen plenty of amazing developments over its 30 years of existence. Everything from rapid prototyping to PEEK to the smartphone has helped spark new innovation in the med device industry.

To commemorate MPMN’s 30th year anniversary, here are some major medtech milestones from 1985 to the present. Included in the list are engineering-related items as well as noteworthy medical devices.

Have a breakthrough to add? Email us at [email protected].

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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