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Med Tech Talks Ep.84: Geof Auchinleck Pt. 1
Robots🤖 in surgery🩺 is a pretty normal thing now. But what about when they were introduced to the healthcare industry? How did it happen? And how has technology, as a whole, impacted the healthcare industry? On this episode of Med Tech Talks, we sit down with Geof Auchinleck, the co-founder and CEO of Claris Healthcare, and find out the answers to the questions above. Geof, “the barcode guy”, shares his stories from the 70s and 80s and sheds light on how far the healthcare industry has come since the introduction of technology. Discover more at - https://www.howitsmed.com/ Timestamps 01:59-04:28 - First love, first job, first step towards the medical device field. 04:30-05:48 - Biomedical engineering then vs. biomedical engineering now, in the words of Geof. 05:49-08:57 - Geof’s first ever project - robots in surgery, and the story behind it. 08:58-11:00 - The surgeons’ reactions to that robot, and other snippets from that historic feat of technology. 11:04-13:29 - Geof remembers his favourite projects and inventions over the years. 13:30-15:45 - Geof’s fascination with barcodes. 15:45-18:45 - The challenges and difficulties in the field of healthcare, and how Geof tackled them. 18:46-21:07 - How technological advancements have revolutionized the healthcare industry, and Geof explains how things used to be like back in the 70s and 80s.
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