We thank numerous medical and medical technology professionals for expert assistance and advice, notably
- Chris Gruber, PhD, Vice President, Western Psychological Services, Torrance, USA (consulted 2012)
- Prof. Dr. med. Tilman Fürniss, Founding Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy Clinic at the University Hospital Münster, Clinic Director from 1990 until his retirement 2013 (consulted 2012)
- Dr. med. Mariana Santos, Head of the Section of Paediatric Surgery at the General, Visceral and Paediatric Surgery Clinic at the University Hospital Düsseldorf (consulted 2015)