Medical Device Design & Development

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES

Building World-Class Global Quality Teams That Break Down Silos

Over 25 years leading global quality and regulatory organizations, I've learned that the most difficult challenges aren't regulatory or technical; they're organizational and cultural. 

Mastering Cultural Intelligence In Global Quality And Regulatory Leadership

The medical device industry has gone global, but most quality and regulatory leaders still operate with regional mindsets. Leaders who master cultural intelligence build quality systems that leverage diversity as competitive advantage.

A Better Interpretation Of POH In ISO 24971

Probability of harm (POH) is critical to appropriately scoring risks, so how should it be done? POH needs to show all probabilities, not suppress them.

Why Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Risks Must Be Analyzed By Their Risk Mechanisms

Current risk analysis methods focus on the possibility and severity of bad events instead of focusing directly on analyzing and improving the performance of systems and processes producing the bad events. 

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WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES

Life Sciences Corporation Implements eLogbooks Across 15 Sites

New regulations challenged how surgical kits were tracked and processed across 15 U.S. sites. Discover how one team balanced compliance and efficiency to keep life-saving procedures on schedule.

Implementing A Next-Gen MES At A Fraction Of The Cost

Discover how a top medical device manufacturer accelerated product launch by digitizing assembly processes, streamlining training, and ensuring compliance.

Custom Orthodontic Aligner Manufacturer Ensures Compliance With Tulip

A pioneering orthodontic startup is transforming custom aligner production using 3D printing and software to cut time and costs in half while scaling rapidly to ensure quality and compliance.

Laerdal Error-Proofs Medical Kit Assembly With AI-Powered Vision Verifications

Discover how Laerdal Medical implemented an automated kit assembly solution that enhances quality control and supports continuous improvement through real-time monitoring and visual documentation.

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DESIGN COMPONENTS & SERVICES

Absorv® Bioabsorbable Polymers

Bioabsorbables are capable of safely existing in the body for controlled lengths of time before absorbing without causing any harm or adverse reactions. The Absorv® biomaterial platform is optimized for the development of a wide variety of medical products for preventative care and disease treatments. The ever expanding list of applications includes orthopedic, dental, surgical, stents, and tissue engineering.

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MPC Series: Medical-Grade Couplings

MPC Series couplings add ease of use and security to your most critical fluid handling applications. Choose from a full line of connectors and configurations, including pressue sealing caps and plugs in sizes to fit 1/4" and 3/8" tubing.

Protective Solutions For The Orthopedic Market
Protective Solutions For The Orthopedic Market

For more than 65 years, Caplugs has been a leader in plastic product protection and offers a variety of catalog and custom solutions designed specifically for the orthopedic market. As a qualified supplier to more than 1,300 medical customers including implant manufacturers, Caplugs protects vital components during shipping, storage, and processing.

Solenoid Valves: 120 Series
Solenoid Valves: 120 Series

The 120 Series Solenoid Valves are composed of 2-way, ultra-miniature, magnetically latched solenoid valves. As the smallest solenoid valves in the world, it sets a new industry standard in reducing space, weight and power consumption.

Ceramic Core Aluminum Nitride (ALN)

Aluminum nitride (ALN) is a hard, dense, non-porous, high purity substrate. It offers excellent thermal conductivity and uniformity, superior moisture and chemical resistance, excellent size and shape capability, a precise and repeatable pattern, and distributed wattage.

IDI Coaxial Probes

IDI Coax Probes consist of an extensive line-up of high reliability coaxial probes uniquely designed to address specific requirements such as testing at high frequencies, or needing an RF interconnection. The probes include features such as a controlled impedance signal path with reliable connect/ disconnect operations, a ring, quadrant or rectangular array footprint, customizable power, ground and signal paths, and advanced mechanical docking and interconnection systems.

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MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Medical device design and development is the cyclical process of creating a device for a specific task or set of tasks, and then continuously reevaluating its effectiveness and improving upon it until the device reaches obsolescence. Design and development begins with ideation and the creation of a concept that, if found to be both fiscally and clinically viable, is then designed, engineered, and prototyped. This preclinical period includes bench testing — accomplished through simulated use of the product — and animal testing, along with any necessary redesign work.

Throughout the process, the proposed medical device, and the process by which it will be manufactured, is examined for flaws that may negatively impact the device’s safety, market viability, regulatory acceptance, customer satisfaction, usability, or profitability. Any shortcomings are corrected, and the improvements applied to the final design. Due to the wireless connectivity capabilities of many modern medical devices, cybersecurity and interoperability also must be incorporated into the design. Clinical testing is conducted, using human subjects, to further expose flaws and confirm product strengths. Once both the product design and the manufacturing process have been validated and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), production and commercialization of a device may begin.

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