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Conflict of interest: Dr. Wada reports grants from IKOMED, grants from MITACS, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Jaw reports grants from Mitacs (joint application with iKomed), during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Tsuruta reports grants from IKOMED, grants from MITACS, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Moritani reports grants from IKOMED, grants from MITACS, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Tsutsui reports grants from IKOMED, grants from MITACS, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Tam has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Vasilescu has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. CHEUNG reports grants from Ikomed, grants from Mitac, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Yamasaki reports grants from IKOMED, grants from MITACS, during the conduct of the study.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Lichtenstein reports In addition, Dr. Lichtenstein has a patent Method for selectively heating tissue issued to Ikomed Technologies Inc and Founder and Investor in Ikomed Technologies Inc..
Conflict of interest: Dr. Machan reports he is an Investor in Ikomed Technologies.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Gelbart reports In addition, Dr. Gelbart has a patent 8444635 licensed to Ikomed.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Man has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Sin reports grants from IKOMED, during the conduct of the study; grants from Merck, personal fees from Sanofi-Aventis, personal fees from Regeneron, grants and personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, personal fees from Novartis, outside the submitted work.
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- Received February 23, 2020.
- Accepted May 13, 2020.
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