FDA commissioner candidate Steven Phillips is medical device inventor based in Iowa.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA COMMISSIONER SEARCH: IOWA HEART SURGEON PHILLIPS' BACKGROUND as a medical device inventor could be an attractive model for the next commissioner to help smooth relations with the device industry. Steven Phillips has patented at least eight medical devices, including a left ventricular assist pump, an internal mammary retractor, a valve-suture holder, a ventricular device cannulae, linear wave propagation and magneto hydrodynamic pumps, arterial cannulae and balloon tipped venous cannulae.