Advice
About this briefing
Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision‑making by clinicians, managers and procurement professionals.
Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.
Development of this briefing
This briefing was developed for NICE by Birmingham and Brunel University Consortium. The Interim process & methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality‑assured and approved for publication.
Peer reviewers and contributors
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Zulian Liu, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Carole Cummins, Senior lecturer, University of Birmingham
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Catherine Meads, Reader, Brunel University
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Rui Duarte, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
Specialist commentators
The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:
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Adrian Boyle, Consultant Emergency Medicine (accident, violent injury), Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust
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Gregory YH Lip, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham
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Elizabeth Miller, Senior Nurse Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham
Declarations of interest
No relevant interests declared.
Copyright
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