Covidien’s Project ADOPT: Moving The Needle On MIS
Executive Summary
In an interview with Medtech Insight, Michael Tarnoff, Covidien’s corporate chief medical officer, discusses how Covidien hopes to drive growth in the market for minimally invasive surgical products through Project ADOPT, the company’s latest strategy for increasing physician adoption of MIS.
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