Talk innovation: unlocking technology

Speed, teamwork, persistence: insights into the medical technology boom


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Leading Tech Voices: health & well-being

EPO examiner Tom Kink leads a conversation with eminent inventors and scholars in the area of medical technologies, professors Gordon Chang and Chris Hancock. The talk highlights the significant increase in patent applications in medical technologies over the past decade emphasizing the role of interdisciplinary collaboration, advancements

in material science as well as the role of robotics and AI in driving innovation. Persistence and the ability to iterate inventions quickly are crucial, as is consulting patents to be able to build upon earlier advancements in science.

 

Moderator:

Tom Kink, examiner specializing in the field of surgical tools and navigation at the EPO

 

Speakers:

Professor Gordon Cheng, Co-founder of Intouch-Robotics, Chair Professor for Cognitive Systems and Director of the

Institute for Cognitive Systems at the Technical University of Munich.

Professor Chris Hancock, CTO and Founder of Creo Medical Group PLC and

Chair in Medical Microwave Engineering at Bangor University 

 

This episode is part of a special podcast series where each episode focuses on one of five major technology areas. It

builds on the EPO’s 50 Leading Tech Voices project, in which global tech leaders were invited to share how they believe inventiveness can help create a brighter and more sustainable future.  You can read their statements and
watch discussion panels on our website:

 

Further information:

Series playlist

Leading Tech Voices statements 2023

Leading Tech voices panel discussions 2023

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