title: Investigators, industry, and the heuristic device: ethics, patent law, and clinical innovation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Ethics, Departments of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York, NY 10021, USA. jjfins@mail.med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fins
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schachter
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D030881:Disclosure; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D026724:Ethical Review; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D007258:Informed Consent; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000191:economics*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000191:economics*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States