title: Optimizing the success of surgeons innovating and commercializing ideas: 10 lessons learned.
abstract: Michael Blackhurst is a salaried employee in the role of General Manager of the Surgical Product Group of Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Limited.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Product Group, Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Limited, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: michael.blackhurst@fphcare.co.nz.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blackhurst
mesh_terms: D016520:Entrepreneurship; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D062069:Inventions; D020399:Practice Management