Paul Yock

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Solving World Problems

Prominent industry leaders team up with Stanford Faculty to discuss entrepreneurial solutions to problems in the areas of international affairs, human health and the environment. ...

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Paul Yock, Stanford University

Scaling Technologies to the Developing World

In areas of the world that can't afford new technologies, there is progress in making them available, he says. Yock gives an example of how ...

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The Accidental Entrepreneur

Paul Yock, Co-Chair of Stanford's Department of Bioengineering and Director of the Stanford Program in Biodesign, describes himself as an accidental tourist in entrepreneurship. He ...

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Biotech Bay: The Other Silicon Valley

Yock talks about the Biotech bay - the other Silicon Valley, and how the products offered are based on the science of genetics. Medtech focuses ...

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Cardiovascular Disease vs. Bioterrorism

Yock focuses on cardio vascular disease, which is a very profound disease - it is the # 1 killer in the western world. About half of all ...

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Beginning of Less Invasive Cardiac Techniques: Charles Dotter

Yock tells the story of how less invasive cardiac techniques got started. He shares a video clip from Charles Dotter, better known as crazy Charlie

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History of Balloon Angioplasty Catheter: Thomas Fogarty

Yock continues the story about a non-invasive cardiac technique and how it quickly had a Stanford connection. Thomas Fogarty, a surgeon at Stanford, worked with ...

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Coronary Angioplasty: Andreas Geruntzig

Yock talks about the fundamental problem of applying the balloon technology to dilating the heart narrowing. The balloon was too compliant. He talks about the ...

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Guidewire Catheter: John Simpson

John Simpson, a Stanford trainee in cardiology, thought the catheter system didn't work so he worked in his kitchen in Menlo Park to develop a ...

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Mentoring Changed My Life

When Yock started getting involved in training, he worked with John Simpson and the mentoring changed his life. One thing that was starting to become ...

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Testing Medical Devices and Overcoming FDA Hurdles

Yock talks about his company and his experience with the FDA and a Norwegian government official who approved their technology very quickly.

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Using Stents as Drug Delivery System

Yock talks about further developments moving from radiations to using drugs with the stents as a carrying mechanism. This is a blockbuster idea which has ...

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Opportunity: How to Cover Economic Loss from Stent Use?

Yock mentions a problem - there is a tremendous diseconomy because loss per stent has gone up. There will be serious economic trouble with this ...

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Medtech: What's Going on in Region and at Stanford

Yock comments about what is going on in the region and at Stanford in the Medtech sector. Things that make up regional advantage in this ...

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Interdisciplinary Biomed Education and Clark Center at Stanford

Yock talks about next generation of Medtech and biotech innovation at Stanford. The idea behind the Clark Center is to put something physically at the ...

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Identify the Need: Invention and Being Contrary

Yock declares that the key is to identify needs correctly. He suggests that one finds an area of strong consensus among thought leaders--and then do ...

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Patents Dominate MedTech

Yock explains why MedTech is dominated by the importance of patents. People who don't patent their early ideas lose out.

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Medical Devices and Nanotechnology

Yock sees tremendous theoretical progress for nanotechnology. However, he does not see the first hand hold at least in the cardio vascular area.

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Convergence and Drug Delivery

Yock addresses the question: Where else is convergence happening between biology and devices? He believes that outside of the cardiovascular area, convergence is happening in ...

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Startups: How to Avoid Being Squashed by Big Companies?

Yock states that the best pathway has been the start-up. The best platform-shifting comes from these companies. Get some angels and venture companies to back ...

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What's the Future of Medical Diagnostics?

Yock explains that the biotech sector is starting to get a glimmer of hope that they will be able to change the genetic make-up of ...

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Attributes of a Successful Entrepreneur in MedTech

Yock talks about the attributes of a successful entrepreneur. The key is being able to find needs and to frame them well, he says.

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Future of Robotics in Minimally Invasive Surgery?

Yock discusses the future of minimally invasive robotic surgery. He says it is very exciting and Stanford actually has a lot of expertise in this ...

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Cost vs. Price for Medical Stents?

Yock talks about the costs versus the charges of medical stents. A cynical approach is that the actual metal stents themselves cost 80-90 cents to ...

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