Quantitative Analysis of Technological Innovation in Knee Arthroplasty
| Autor: | David M. Dalton, Paul D. Curtin, Enda G. Kelly, Thomas P. Burke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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030222 orthopedics
Engineering business.industry Emerging technologies medicine.medical_treatment Knee replacement 030230 surgery computer.software_genre Data science Arthroplasty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quantitative analysis (finance) Citation analysis medicine Patent activity Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Instrumentation (computer programming) Data mining business computer |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Arthroplasty. 31:1366-1372 |
| ISSN: | 0883-5403 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.031 |
| Popis: | Background Surgery is in a constant continuum of innovation with refinement of technique and instrumentation. Arthroplasty surgery potentially represents an area with highly innovative process. This study highlights key area of innovation in knee arthroplasty over the past 35 years using patent and publication metrics. Growth rates and patterns are analyzed. Patents are correlated to publications as a measure of scientific support. Methods Electronic patent and publication databases were searched over the interval 1980-2014 for "knee arthroplasty" OR "knee replacement." The resulting patent codes were allocated into technology clusters. Citation analysis was performed to identify any important developments missed on initial analysis. The technology clusters identified were further analyzed, individual repeat searches performed, and growth curves plotted. Results The initial search revealed 3574 patents and 16,552 publications. The largest technology clusters identified were Unicompartmental, Patient-Specific Instrumentation (PSI), Navigation, and Robotic knee arthroplasties. The growth in patent activity correlated strongly with publication activity (Pearson correlation value 0.892, P Conclusion Identifying trends in emerging technologies is possible using patent metrics and is useful information for training and regulatory bodies. The decline in ratio of publications to patents and the uninterrupted growth of PSI are developments that may warrant further investigation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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