Market challenges facing academic research in commercializing nano-enabled implantable devices for in-vivo biomedical analysis

Technovation

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 193-204

  Juanola Feliu, E ^a   Colomer Farrarons, J ^a   Miribel Catala P ^a   Samitier, J ^a,b,c   Valls Pasola, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomedical device; Diabetes; Innovation management; Nanobiosensor; Nanotechnology; Research commercialization; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; APPLIED RESEARCH; BARCELONA; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CELLULAR LEVELS; CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES; GLUCOSE MONITORING; HIGH-SPEED DATA TRANSFER; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IN-VIVO; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DEVICES; NANOBIOSENSOR; RATE OF RETURN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; VALUE CHAINS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSENSORS; COMMERCE; DATA TRANSFER; EARNINGS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GLUCOSE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INNOVATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84857358270     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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