Dalli, Jeffrey http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0170-3667
Epperlein, Jonathan P.
Hardy, Niall P.
Khan, Mohammad Faraz
Mac Aonghusa, Pol
Cahill, Ronan A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Derpartment of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DTIF (Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund))
Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (TESS - Tertiary Education Scholarship Scheme)
University College Dublin
Article History
Received: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 23 March 2024
First Online: 18 April 2024
Declarations
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: Professor Ronan Ambrose Cahill is named on a patent filed in relation to processes for visual determination of tissue biology, receives speaker fees from Stryker Corp, Ethicon/J&J and Olympus, research funding from Intuitive Corp, consultancy fees from Arthrex, Diagnostic Green, Distalmotion and Medtronic (Touch Surgery) and holds research funding from the Irish Government (DTIF) in collaboration with IBM Research in Ireland, from EU Horizon 2020 in collaboration with Palliare and Steripak, from Horizon Europe in collaboration with Arctur, and from Intuitive and Medtronic for specific research and development awards. Drs Jeffrey Dalli and Niall Phillip Hardy were employed as researchers in the DTIF. Dr Jeffrey Dalli is a recipient of the TESS (Malta) Scholarship and is named on a patent filed by University College Dublin concerning technologies related to the subject matter of this paper. Drs Jonathan P Epperlein and Pol Mac Aonghusa are full-time employees of IBM Research, a division of IBM, which provides technical products and services worldwide to government, healthcare, and life-sciences companies. They are named on filed and granted patents concerning technologies related to the subject matter of this paper. Dr Mohammad Faraz Khan has no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.