eprintid: 10194220 rev_number: 10 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/42/20 datestamp: 2024-07-05 15:08:48 lastmod: 2024-07-05 15:08:48 status_changed: 2024-07-05 15:08:47 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Nakajima, K creators_name: Mintz, Y creators_name: Nickel, F creators_name: Arezzo, A creators_name: Boni, L creators_name: Carus, T creators_name: Chand, M creators_name: Diana, M creators_name: Ficuciello, F creators_name: Horeman, T creators_name: Kim, YW creators_name: Marconi, S creators_name: Mylonas, G creators_name: Sagiv, C creators_name: Schijven, MP creators_name: Valdastri, P title: The EAES intellectual property awareness survey ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D16 divisions: G88 keywords: Intellectual property, Invention, Patent, Public disclosure, Employees' invention, Medical device note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Introduction: The protection of intellectual property (IP) is one of the fundamental elements in the process of medical device development. The significance of IP, however, is not well understood among clinicians and researchers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current status of IP awareness and IP-related behaviors among EAES members. / Methods: A web-based survey was conducted via questionnaires sent to EAES members. Data collected included participant demographics, level of understanding the need, new ideas and solutions, basic IP knowledge, e.g., employees' inventions and public disclosure, behaviors before and after idea disclosures. / Results: One hundred and seventy-nine completed forms were obtained through an email campaign conducted twice in 2019 (response rate = 4.8%). There was a dominancy in male, formally-trained gastrointestinal surgeons, working at teaching hospitals in European countries. Of the respondents, 71% demonstrated a high level of understanding the needs (frustration with current medical devices), with 66% developing specific solutions by themselves. Active discussion with others was done by 53%. Twenty-one percent of respondents presented their ideas at medical congresses, and 12% published in scientific journals. Only 20% took specific precautions or appropriate actions to protect their IPs before these disclosures. / Conclusions: The current level of awareness of IP and IP-related issues is relatively low among EAES members. A structured IP training program to gain basic IP knowledge and skill should be considered a necessity for clinicians. These skills would serve to prevent the loss of legitimate IP rights and avoid failure in the clinical implementation of innovative devices for the benefit of patients. date: 2022-05 date_type: published publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08650-4 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1967328 doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08650-4 medium: Print-Electronic pii: 10.1007/s00464-021-08650-4 lyricists_name: Chand, Manish lyricists_id: MKCHA65 actors_name: Chand, Manish actors_id: MKCHA65 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Surgical Endoscopy volume: 36 number: 5 pagerange: 3340-3346 event_location: Germany issn: 0930-2794 citation: Nakajima, K; Mintz, Y; Nickel, F; Arezzo, A; Boni, L; Carus, T; Chand, M; ... Valdastri, P; + view all <#> Nakajima, K; Mintz, Y; Nickel, F; Arezzo, A; Boni, L; Carus, T; Chand, M; Diana, M; Ficuciello, F; Horeman, T; Kim, YW; Marconi, S; Mylonas, G; Sagiv, C; Schijven, MP; Valdastri, P; - view fewer <#> (2022) The EAES intellectual property awareness survey. Surgical Endoscopy , 36 (5) pp. 3340-3346. 10.1007/s00464-021-08650-4 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08650-4>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194220/2/Chand_IP%20survey%20final.pdf