350 Million Reasons to Disrupt the Medical Device Industry | Craig Robertson | TEDxGlasgow

The medical device industry is overshadowed by huge companies which both stifle innovation and drain available resources. In the field of retinal imaging, there are just a handful of companies with revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars but they make large and expensive devices that are inappropriate for the developing world. Dr Craig Robertson and his company, Epipole, make smart intelligent devices that address specific illnesses using robust, high quality but relatively inexpensive hardware and very intelligent cloud-based storage and computing. In his talk, Craig will look at what disruption means in the medical device industry. He’ll explore how we can make devices that fulfil the needs of the many, not the few, and make them at a price that allows for ethical trading.
Dr. Craig Robertson is the founder of Epipole Ltd, a company which develops intellectual property in the domain of image, data and signal processing. His current project is a medical device which is particularly tuned to the detection of retinopathy. Craig’s background is in invention, mathematical problem solving and algorithm development. He invented 3D data acquisition systems, holds patents in the fields of optics, software and medical devices and has been a programmer for over 30 years. Craig has produced over thirty peer-reviewed papers, co-authored three books and produced many technical reports on subjects ranging from automated diagnosis to evolutionary optimisation and Open Source business integration.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@robertlongoria765]

This is the way to spend a life. My admiration for this guy is enormous. I hope he has the support of every billionaire within earshot.

[@KarandeepBadwal]

Great Perspective Craig! Love the difference your device is making to peoples lives in the developing world

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i love ricky gervais.

[@camilawilliams151]

Una cifra enorme perturbadora para Europa en el 2040 mas de 71 millones de dibeticos.

[@sujalpanchal7079]

Overall concept was good but I am really offended with the photos from India .
It’s problem all over the world.

[@user-hs3dg8jy3t]

It’s within the context of the talk, he mentioned South Asia specifically. How is that offensive…