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When patients become innovators

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DeMonaco, Harold; Oliveira, Pedro Manuel Sousa Mendes; Torrance, Andrew W; von Hippel, Christiana; von Hippel, Eric A
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Abstract
Patients are increasingly able to conceive and develop sophisticated medical devices and services to meet their own needs - often without any help from companies that produce or sell medical products. This “free” patient-driven innovation process enables them to benefit from important advances that are not commercially available. Patient innovation also can provide benefits to companies that produce and sell medical devices and services. In this article, we look at two examples of free innovation in the medical field - one for managing type 1 diabetes and the other for managing Crohn’s disease. We will set these cases within the context of the broader free innovation movement that has been gaining momentum in an array of industries and apply the general lessons of free innovation to the specific circumstances of medical innovation by patients. Keywords: Free innovation; Medical innovation; Medical devices; User Innovation; Patient Innovation
Date issued
2019-07
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123829
Department
Sloan School of Management
Journal
Managing Innovation in a Global and Digital World
Publisher
Springer
Citation
Demonaco, Harold et al. "When Patients Become Innovators." Managing Innovation in a Global and Digital World, edited by R. Tiwari R. and S. Buse, Springer, 2019, 121-129 © 2019 Springer
Version: Final published version
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9783658272401
9783658272418

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