A Physician's Guide to Turning Ideas into Reality
Interview With Canary Medical CEO Dr. Bill Hunter
Dr. Bill Hunter, CEO of Canary Medical, is an accomplished entrepreneur who’s been intimately involved in the development of renowned devices like the TAXUS drug-eluting coronary stent, the paclitaxel-eluting balloon, the Zilver PTX peripheral drug-eluting stent, and the Quill barbed wound closure device. For over a decade, Bill and his team at Canary have developed smart, implantable medical devices that report on function, patient activity, and more. In this interview, Bill talks about his perspective on innovation in medtech, discusses what it takes for a device to be commercially viable, how Canary is alleviating the workload of healthcare professionals, and offers advice to physicians contemplating the transition to industry.