Sources of medical technology : universities and industry / Nathan Rosenberg, Annetine C. Gelijns and Holly Dawkins, editors ; Committee on Technological Innovation in Medicine, Institute of Medicine.

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

The changing nature of medical technology development / Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg -- Recent trends in support for biomedical research and development / Enriqueta C. Bond and Simon Glynn -- Physicians and physicists : the interdisciplinary introduction of the laser to medicine / Joanne Spetz -- From the scalpel to the scope : endoscopic innovations in gastroenterology, gynecology, and surgery / Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg -- Cochlear implantation : establishing clinical feasibility, 1957-1982 / Stuart S. Blume -- Innovation in cardiac imaging / Stan N. Finkelstein, Kevin Neels, and Gregory K. Bell -- Incentives and focus in university and industrial research : the case of synthetic insulin / Scott Stern -- The division of innovative labor in biotechnology / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella -- Perspectives on industrial R&D management / Gerald D. Laubach -- The intertwining of public and proprietary in medical technology / Richard R. Nelson.

Includes bibliographical references and index