Is Medtech Thinking Big Enough?

Medical device companies may still have a lot to learn from the tech industry, and who better to share a few lessons than Scott Huennekens, previously the CEO of Verb Surgical (a collaboration between Google and Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon) and former founding CEO Volcano Corp. In a fireside chat with MassMEDIC President Brian Johnson during BIOMEDevice Boston on May 15, Huennekens shared how his experience working with the tech giant encouraged him to drive change in medtech. “You get off the plane in San Jose, and you feel the power of the possibility to change the world,” he said, speaking of the tech companies in the region. “They’ve disrupted industries that have created economic value and benefit to the customer, whether it’s you and I using Airbnb or a physician using an Intuitive robot. “So that’s kind of lesson number one—are we thinking big enough in the medical device industry, are we thinking about that technology curve, and are you one of those people who are holding that curve down relative to human’s ability to adapt to that possibility or are you the one trying to pull that curve up?” he mused. Johnson had begun the chat by asking Huennekens whether he considered himself a futurist. “I hope not, because I’m a pragmatist ...
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