LaViolette Paul A
Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA 01760, USA.
Cleve Clin J Med. 2007 Mar;74 Suppl 2:S26-8; discussion S32-7. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.74.suppl_2.s26.
Development of medical devices requires interaction between physicians and industry that is considerably more intimate than that in pharmaceutical development. Progress in procedure-based medicine would be stalled if this collaboration were eliminated. This degree of interaction, however, creates conflicts of interest that must be managed to avoid compromising trust, credibility, and patient care. AdvaMed, a trade association for the medical device industry, has developed a code of ethics to manage many of these conflicts and to guide its members' interactions with health care professionals. This article reviews the rationale for the AdvaMed code and provides a brief in terms of c overview of the code itself.onflict-of-interest cons iderations, the world of medical devices is significantly dif-
医疗设备的开发需要医生与行业之间进行比药物开发更为密切的互动。如果消除这种合作，基于程序的医学进展将会停滞。然而，这种程度的互动会产生利益冲突，必须加以管理以避免损害信任、信誉和患者护理。美国医疗设备行业贸易协会AdvaMed制定了一项道德准则，以管理其中许多冲突，并指导其成员与医疗保健专业人员的互动。本文回顾了AdvaMed准则的基本原理，并简要概述了该准则本身。在利益冲突方面，医疗设备领域有很大不同。
