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Making the Leap: the Translation of Innovative Surgical Devices From the Laboratory to the Operating Room

Marcus, HJ; Payne, CJ; Hughes-Hallett, A; Gras, G; Leibrandt, K; Nandi, D; Yang, G-Z; (2016) Making the Leap: the Translation of Innovative Surgical Devices From the Laboratory to the Operating Room. Annals of Surgery , 263 (6) pp. 1077-1078. 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001532. Green open access

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate and extent of translation of innovative surgical devices from the laboratory to first-in-human studies, and to evaluate the factors influencing such translation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Innovative surgical devices have preceded many of the major advances in surgical practice. However, the process by which devices arising from academia find their way to translation remains poorly understood. METHODS: All biomedical engineering journals, and the 5 basic science journals with the highest impact factor, were searched between January 1993 and January 2000 using the Boolean search term "surgery OR surgeon OR surgical". Articles were included if they described the development of a new device and a surgical application was described. A recursive search of all citations to the article was performed using the Web of Science (Thompson-Reuters, New York, NY) to identify any associated first-in-human studies published by January 2015. Kaplan-Meier curves were constructed for the time to first-in-human studies. Factors influencing translation were evaluated using log-rank and Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS: A total of 8297 articles were screened, and 205 publications describing unique devices were identified. The probability of a first-in-human at 10 years was 9.8%. Clinical involvement was a significant predictor of a first-in-human study (P = 0.02); devices developed with early clinical collaboration were over 6 times more likely to be translated than those without [RR 6.5 (95% confidence interval 0.9-48)]. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support initiatives to increase clinical translation through improved interactions between basic, translational, and clinical researchers.

Type: Article
Title: Making the Leap: the Translation of Innovative Surgical Devices From the Laboratory to the Operating Room
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001532
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000001532
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: diffusion of innovations, innovation, surgery, technology
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059174
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