2008 USC Body Computing Conference 2.0: Panel 1

The 2008 University of Southern California Body Computing Conference was held at USC on October 24, 2008, hosted by Leslie Saxon, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

The Panel 1 discussion on Innovators: Too Early to Market? was moderated by Dr. Saxon. Panelists were Jay Yadav, chairman & CEO of CardioMEMS, Inc.; Ed Manicka, president & CEO of Corventis; Marshall Stanton, vice president for clinical research at Medtronic, Inc., and senior staff member of Medtronic CRDM; Neal Eigler, senior vice president of CRMD Technology Incubation at St. Jude Medical; Fred Colen, president of Boston Scientific CRM Group and executive VP of Boston Scientific.

Dr. Saxon led a discussion among several key players in the networked device arena, including representatives of devices on the market from established biotech firms as well as soon-to-be-released products from startup companies. A St. Jude SAVACOR-implanted ICD patient, present in the audience, was introduced and invited to make a device transmission from his seat. Moments later, his heart data were shown on the projector. Demos from CardioMEMS, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific were also performed. It was clear from the panel discussion that body computing technologies are not too early to market.

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