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This paper describes the challenges and opportunities in taking a special purpose robotic orthopaedic system from research through to a spin-off company with clinical application and then on to acquisition.
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Davies, B.L. (2015). Robotic Orthopaedic Surgery: From Research to Spin-Off to Acquisition. In: Billingsley, J., Brett, P. (eds) Machine Vision and Mechatronics in Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45514-2_6
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