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. 2022 Jul 7;30(3):835–853. doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-01015-9

Table 1.

Technology creation and assessment

Development Diffusion

Innovators:

  Basic, clinical, translational

  Commonly but not always

•Implementors
Academics -Spread out into the community
  Conceptualize -Utilization grows rapidly
  Study -Complications skyrocket
  Tinker -Eventually calms down with experience
  Publish •Infrastructure
  Patent? -Insurance coverage begins
Infrastructure -Goes from tertiary to routine
  Plow the road for progress