The Cleveland Clinic has released its Top 10 Medical Innovations list for 2015 at the Cleveland Clinic Innovations' 2014 Medical Innovation Summit.
Technologies for the list were selected based on nominations. To be considered, the technologies had to meet four criteria — significant clinical impact and patient benefit over current technology, likelihood of commercial success, market availability starting 2015 and significant human interest in application/benefits. The list includes:
1. Mobile stroke units
2. Dengue fever vaccine
3. Quick, painless, low-cost blood testing
4. PCSK9 inhibitors for cholesterol reduction
5. Antibody-drug conjugates chemotherapy
6. Immune checkpoint inhibitors
7. Leadless cardiac pacemaker
8. New drugs for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
9. Single-dose intra-operative radiation therapy for breast cancer
10. New drug for heart failure Angiotensin-receptor neprilysin inhibitor
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