Later she gave up sports career and became an engineer in a medical device company in Maryland.
And many of the drug makers that did own device companies viewed them as a drag on growth.
At first glance, Cambridge's heart stress test would seem to pose another blow to the big device companies.
And in the future, it would probably fit in with some of the larger medical device companies.
"It is yielding to the device companies and guaranteeing harm to women."
Hirschbeck would later settle out of court with both the surgeon and the medical device company.
So far, big medical device companies have not shown much interest, though they typically buy little companies after a market develops.
These controls are specifically intended to manage a medical device company's new product development activities.
Since then, this standard has been adopted by electronic device companies all over the world.
A medical device company is about to find out.