9. Henry Ford Health System: From drug therapy to gowns #DetroitNews

Leslie Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Top executive: Nancy Schlichting, CEO Patents in 2015: 7 Score: 120.10 Since launching the Henry Ford Innovation Institute in 2012, Henry Ford Health System has earned 15 patents. In 2015, it was issued seven patents, had 43 invention disclosures and generated more than $1 million in licensing revenue, said Mark Coticchia, vice president and chief innovation officer of HFHS. Inventions vary from drug and gene therapy to addressing culinary wellness, unflattering hospital gowns and problems

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