Engineering 

RePORTER is NIH's new tool for searching all NIH-funded projects.

RePORTER, which has replaced CRISP, allows you to export information to Excel. Search within lists of projects in 215 research, condition, or disease categories (RCDC).

To read more about RePORTER and what it can do, see this article in the NIH Record.

Medical Device Register
Sci Ref R856.48.M42 2007

This two-volume directory of medical manufacturers has a list of products, manufacturer profiles, a geographical index, and an index of trade names.

• Manufacturer profiles include company name, address, phone, web site, FDA number, annual revenue, number of employees, and types of products.
• Product directory lists product (e.g., "detector, metal, magnetic") followed by type of use ("ophthalmic"), the company name and address, and often, more product information ("$84 for 2-gauss unit, Helmholtz type magnetic field standards. see magnetometer")

Sage Sourcebook of Modern Biomedical Devices : business environments in a global market
Sci Ref HD9999 .B442 .S24 2007

This 4-volume work has market information for medical devices in several countries. Click here for detailed table of contents or see brief outline:

• Volume 1 - Cardiovascular
• Volume 2 - Orthopedics
• Volume 3 - Endoscopy, urology, gynecology, aesthetics, ophthalmology, diagnostic imaging, and health care information tech
• Volume 4 - Miscellaneous

The Business Research Guide has specialized sections for finding information about

• Companies, and
• Industries and Marketing

Use some the following databases to begin -- they are good for finding markerting, financial, and other business-related information about medical devices and related topics.

MarketResearch.com -- Current and archived market research reports about biotechnology, health care, pharmaceuticals, and other industries. Includes demographic reports for specific populations.

• IMPORTANT: Use the library's link (above) -- this will show reports whose full text we DO have. Google will show reports which we cannot obtain.

Marketline Business Information Center -- Includes news and in-depth industry, company, and country profiles.

Industry profiles contain

• 5-year historical and 5-year forecast market values and/or volumes
• market segmentations
• company and/or product market shares
• major trends and significant growth points
• analysis of each market

Company profiles for 10,000+ U.S. and international companies contain:

• company overviews
• business descriptions
• product listings

Mergent Online -- In-depth industry reports from Mergent analysts include the major industry sectors for North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Offers outlooks or projections.

PATENTS -- The patent literature can also supply information about companies. You can examine the patents assigned to a company, especially the recent patent applications, and perhaps gain insight into its plans for research and/or product development.

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) -- The American Medical Association allows the public to look up codes by keyword.

• Click on "CPT code/value search." (It is okay to "Accept" the terms of the license. On 2/20/09, an AMA rep confirmed by phone that usage by students whose research may lead to a patent does not count as commercial use.)

• Here is the background about CPT codes and an explanation of the three major CPT categories (scroll down).