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Establishing a medical device company: an ENTrepreneur’s experience

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
In 2004, while I was suturing the mucopericondrial flaps for a septoplasty, I thought to myself, “there must be an easier and faster way of doing this”. Even though I had no formal training in business or medical device development,...

Philosophy and reality of entrepreneurship

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Before you take the time to read this article, be informed that it is indeed hard to be an entrepreneur. It warrants passion, sacrifice, total commitment and willingness to spend day and night (even in your sleep) thinking and working...

Entrepreneurial aspirations for the otolaryngologist

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
Entrepreneurship is a process of identifying an idea and starting a business venture with this idea. It requires generation of a business model or plan that emphasises the value proposition for the customer. The model must identify the partners, resources,...
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Style. Strength. Storz. Sybill Storz

2 November 2020 | | ENTA-ENT
This is an extraordinary book. When it arrived in my postbox, I certainly didn’t like it. When I opened the packet, it was big, heavy and very glitzy. My first thought was ‘coffee table book’, so I took it through...

Funding your otolaryngology / audiology idea by partnering with 
the US Department of Defense

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-ENT
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has been an effective partner in many of our current medical technology advancements, from the surgical robot, to improved clotting wound dressings, to better blood products. For the otolaryngology and audiology entrepreneur looking...

Developing a telemedical approach to tinnitus treatment for a worldwide market

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Tinnitus
Most of us have probably met at least one person in our lives who suffers from the notorious ringing in the ear, tinnitus. For many this ringing becomes a nightmare and debilitates them. Tinnitus is defined as the perception of...

How entrepreneurs can integrate hearables into their clinic

1 March 2016 | | ENTA-Audiology - Adult, ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic
Brian Taylor provides an interesting perspective on market segmentation of the hearing impaired population, and how as clinicians and entrepreneurs we need to be able to recognise the different approaches that are required to address the large percentage of the...

She’s On Call - @ShesOnCall

14 July 2020
Dr Sujana Chandrasekhar and Dr Marina Kurian began a web show, She’s On Call, that had 5000 views on the first day and has had over 15,000 views after three shows. By the end of March 2020 Emergency departments and, soon, entire hospitals were overwhelmed with very sick COVID-19 patients.

The big ask – maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit in academic facial plastic surgery in the USA

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT
en·tre·pre·neur, noun a person who organises and operates a business and who has qualities of leadership, initiative and innovation. In the United States, facial plastic surgery (FPS) services are divided among private and academic practices. The vast majority of academic...

Development of the iAudiometer™

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-Audiology - Diagnostic, ENTA-Audiology - Adult
Why the iAudiometer™? We have developed six versions of a new software called iAudiometer™ that performs an array of different audiometric tests using an iPad with standard transducers (TDH-39 headphones, B-71 BC, aural domes, or inserts) (Figure 1; Table 1)....

How trainees can make major contributions to practice

1 November 2017 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus
At a time when many of our trainees feel poorly supported and disheartened, the formation of a National ENT Trainee Research Network (Integrate) has been a major advance, enabling them to develop and execute research projects directly relevant to clinical...

Developing medical devices for children: opportunities and challenges

1 March 2014 | | ENTA-ENT, ENTA-Paediatrics
The development of medical devices for infants and children lags significantly behind the development of devices for adults. While in the United States the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up incentives for developing child age-specific pharmaceuticals, there is...