Newsletter | February 16, 2021

02.16.21 -- Germany's New Digital Medical Device Regulations | 3 Tips For Designing At-Home Monitoring Devices
 
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Germany’s Digital Medical Device Regulations: A Framework For The World To Follow, Part I
 
By John Giantsidis, CyberActa, Inc.

Germany's BfArM (the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices) released a new guide in August 2020 detailing the requirements for digital health applications, and other countries will likely follow in its footsteps. John Giantsidis, president of CyberActa, Inc., gives an overview of the situation and will cover the many privacy requirements noted in the new guide in Part 1 of this three-part article series.
3 Tips For Designing At-Home Monitoring Devices That Deliver Actionable Information
By Anna (Ronning) Cohen and Hilde Viroux, PA Consulting

We’re all seeing it in real time: Healthcare is increasingly shifting from clinical settings to our homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of at-home monitoring products and many are collecting data in the background without requiring specific user action. This acceleration is not likely to slow down post-pandemic. In this article, Anna (Ronning) Cohen and Hilde Viroux of PA Consulting discuss how to design such devices that deliver actionable information.
Industry Insights
Beyond The Quote: Total Cost Of Ownership With Supply Chain Partnerships
Article | By Aaron Johnson, Accumold

Critical components cannot be sourced like simple parts; they demand greater vendor/customer collaboration, profound depth of knowledge, and a supplier committed more to the relationship than the sale.
Selecting The Right Tooling For High-Quality, Cost-Effective Molded Parts
Article | By Craig Brown and Hugh Davies, Caplugs

Using the right combination of tooling and design for injection-molded parts will help ensure high-quality and cost-effective manufacturing.
Using Non-Magnetic Capacitors For Medical Imaging Applications
Article | By Peter Matthews, Knowles Precision Devices DLI

This article discusses the use of non-magnetic capacitors for medical imaging applications.
NOVO Turns To Machining And Molding For Medical Device Prototyping
Article | Protolabs, Inc.

NOVO Engineering is a design engineering firm that specializes in product development. In this Q&A, topics of discussion include how digital manufacturing fits within NOVO’s design process and the challenges the company overcame during the development of a new medical device.
5 Ways Manufacturers Optimize Consumables Programs With RFID
White Paper | HID Global

RFID technology helps manufacturers that rely on repeat sales of consumable components combat threats to profitability and performance while ensuring superior operability for their end-use customers. This white paper further discusses the benefits of RFID technology and presents five ways that it may be used to optimize consumables programs.
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