附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
The changing nature of medical technology development / Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg -- Recent trends in support for biomedical research and development / Enriqueta C. Bond and Simon Glynn -- Physicians and physicists : the interdisciplinary introduction of the laser to medicine / Joanne Spetz -- From the scalpel to the scope : endoscopic innovations in gastroenterology, gynecology, and surgery / Annetine C. Gelijns and Nathan Rosenberg -- Cochlear implantation : establishing clinical feasibility, 1957-1982 / Stuart S. Blume -- Innovation in cardiac imaging / Stan N. Finkelstein, Kevin Neels, and Gregory K. Bell -- Incentives and focus in university and industrial research : the case of synthetic insulin / Scott Stern -- The division of innovative labor in biotechnology / Ashish Arora and Alfonso Gambardella -- Perspectives on industrial R & D management / Gerald D. Laubach -- The intertwining of public and proprietary in medical technology / Richard R. Nelson.