Table of Contents

1. The Intra-Ocular Lens Revolution Stan Metcalfe, Andrea Mina, Andrew James 2. Coronary Artery Disease Andrea Mina, Ronnie Ramlogan, Stan Metcalfe and Gindo Tampubolon 3. The Evolution of the Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Treatment for Heart Failure Piera Morlacchi and Richard R. Nelson 4. Uncertainty in the Hybridization of New Medical Devices: The Artificial Disc Case David Barberá-Tomás 5. Technological Accretion in Diagnostics: HPV Testing and Cytology in Cervical Cancer Screening Stuart Hogarth, Michael Hopkins and Daniele Rotolo 6. Poliomyelitis Vaccine Innovation Ohid Yaqub 7. Glaucoma: The Silent Thief of Sight Davide Consoli and Ronnie Ramlogan

About the Author

Davide Consoli is Research Fellow at INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), a joint research centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain.

Andrea Mina is University Lecturer in Economics of Innovation, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

Richard R. Nelson is Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Global Development, Columbia Earth Institute, Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA.

Ronnie Ramlogan is a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Business School, UK.