“…To improve the quality of research for surgical devices, the IDEAL collaboration has adapted their five-stage evaluation framework (Idea, Development, Exploration, Assessment, and Long-term follow-up) to specifically provide recommendations for clinical studies on innovative devices (IDEAL-D) 9 10. The collaboration aims for evaluation that results in rigorous, safe, and fast evidence gathering, using not only clinical studies but also approaches such as stakeholder consultation, modeling, and cost-effectiveness studies 11–13…”