Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Financial doc
Filing Type

Conflict of Interest

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Jonathan Sorger

Oregon Health & Science University, Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Disclosed Conflict of Interest with

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Disclosed Value
Listed Reason
Equity Interest - Publicly traded entity (e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)

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Listed Research Project
NIR Nerve-specific Fluorescent Imaging for Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy

PROJECT NARRATIVE Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy is a common treatment option for prostate cancer, however preservation of the nerve tissue continues to challenge surgeons and leaves up to 60% of patients with some form of incontinence and impotence post surgery. Nerve visualization in the operating room is difficult and no clinically approved imaging methodology has been developed to aid in nerve identification and visualization in the operating room. In the work proposed herein, we will develop a clinically relevant near infrared nerve-specific imaging strategy to be utilized with the FDA approved fluorescence-imaging channel in the da Vinci surgical robot enabling nerve-specific imaging during robotic assisted nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy.

Filed on August 02, 2017.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Jonathan Sorger Oregon Health & Science University Conflict of Interest Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $250,000 - $299,999
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