Eric Larson
Eric R. Larson is a mechanical engineer with over 30 years' experience in plastics. He has helped develop products ranging from boogie boards, water basketball games and SCUBA diving equipment to disposable lighters, cell phones and handheld medical devices. Eric is owner of Art of Mass Production (AMP), an engineering consulting company based in San Diego, CA. AMP provides services to manufacturing companies in the consumer electronics, wireless, and medical device industries. Eric is also moderator of the blog site plasticsguy.com, where he writes about plastics technology and its effect on people and the planet.
ARTICLES BY ERIC LARSON
Medtech Material Selection For Performance And Feel
When designing a medical device, material selection can be difficult, especially with thousands of plastic material options available. While material properties, environmental effects, regulatory requirements, and cost almost always are considered, "feel" is often overlooked – despite its importance to user and patient satisfaction, as well as market success.
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Medical Plastics: Material Selection Based On Feel
From prioritizing material properties to establishing desired values for each property, selecting plastic materials based on feel is a complicated undertaking. To elicit the most desirable user response from the device, it can be helpful to consider the what, rather than the how.
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04.04.26 -- March's Most Popular Articles & Solutions
04/04/26 Med Device Online Newsletter
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Visual Work Instructions: Your Key To Improving Operator Performance
Paper SOPs weren’t built for fast-changing production environments. Visual work instructions bring guidance to the point of use with visuals and real-time updates to reduce errors and improve training.
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5 Steps To Optimize Your Assembly Line With Digital Workflows
Static digital instructions reduce paper, but not errors. See how dynamic guided workflows add real-time guidance, feedback, and data capture—helping manufacturers prevent mistakes.
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Discover Medbio's End-to-End Medical Manufacturing Expertise & Scalability At INTERPHEX 2026
Visit Medbio at Booth #3912 on April 21st through 23rd at the Javits Center in New York City to discover end-to-end medical manufacturing solutions trusted by over 300 healthcare and medical customers, including the top 30 global medical device and BioPharma manufacturers.
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Color Consistency In UHMWPE Medical Textiles
Color consistency improves surgical visibility, differentiation, and workflow efficiency, requiring medical textiles that deliver strength, compliance, and reliable quality in every color.
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03.26.26 -- Connected Health, Resonance Insights And Sustainable Medtech Innovation
03/26/26 Med Device Online Newsletter
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Why Medtech Should Retire The "One-Size-Fits-All" Mindset
A systemic bias in medtech design continues: a failure to account for female-specific data. Teams often resort to a dangerous shortcut: scaling down men's measurements. But we must design for the real-world diversity of human physiology for the future of care.
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