Taking the Pulse of Patents

Like millions of Americans, I suffer from a common, and thankfully mild, heart rhythm problem. Fortunately, it is now possible to diagnose and treat this problem with a high degree of precision and effectiveness. It is easy to imagine how frightening this condition must have been before we had modern medical facilities for monitoring heart rate and for addressing anomalies. How can you effectively treat a condition without the means to understand the nature of the problem or the impact of your treatment? You clearly cannot and it would be folly, if not downright dangerous, to undertake the remediation of a condition that you could not adequately measure. [More]

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