Trends in Surgical Patents Held by Surgeons From 1993 to 2018

Conclusions: 3.3% of patents related to surgery involve a surgeon inventor, and although the number of surgical patents has shown an exponential increase, surgeon involvement in these inventions has grown minimally. Surgical innovation training may offer an opportunity to reduce these discrepancies and increase surgeon involvement as patent holders.
Source: Annals of Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research