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267918 Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> 2019‑02‑18 Re: Screw Head
Slightly off topic: We had an interesting conference lecture this morning
about the loooong and painful process of getting an idea (for a surgical
product) from the ‘back of the napkin’ sketch to an actual marketable
product (protected by international patents) by an earnest surgeon who’s
been hard at it for nine years so far.  He might have his product finally
available at the end of this year.
  Given the mind boggling amount of money that people have to risk to bring
a good idea to fruition (esp for surgical stuff) it’s amazing that we have
any innovations at all.  Costs can run into the tens of millions of
dollars.  It was illuminating hearing about the huge number of
professionals —packaging  designers to patent attorneys— he had to deal
with.  I can understand now why big companies prefer to buy a company
 rather than invest in R&D themselves.
  One simple misstep can mean that a superior product (Robertson screws are
undeniably superior) isn’t available in the USA.
  Sad.  Many such cases.
Cheers from Park City
Claudio

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