The Creative Mind of Yossi Gross, Medical Device Inventor
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Yossi Gross has founded, so far, 17 medical device start-ups across a broad spectrum of industry segments and has more than 300 patents. He's created companies in diabetes, gastroenterology, stroke, ophthalmology, asthma, congestive heart failure, remote patient monitoring, and urology. START-UP spoke with Gross, to learn the secret of his inventiveness, and what gets him up in the morning.
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