Medical Device Design & Development

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES

Reimagining HACCP And Other Process Flow Risk Analysis Methods Using Relational Risk Analysis

Combining relational risk analysis (ReRA) modeling strategies with hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) and other process flow risk analysis methods makes them more efficient.

Maximizing The Value Of An Internal Audit Program In Pharmaceutical Quality Operations

A shrinking FDA and rising supply pressures demand stronger risk management and smarter internal audits. Here’s how pharma can truly “see things as they really are.”

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.

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WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES

Choosing The Right PCD Configuration For Reliable Sterility Assurance

Accurate PCD configuration ensures sterility assurance. Learn how to align validation strategies with ISO standards, optimize cycle efficiency, and select the right BI format for EO sterilization success.

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.

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DESIGN COMPONENTS & SERVICES

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Adhesive Films Coatings And Sealants Technology

DSM Biomedical delivers a versatile and tunable hydrophilic polymer technology designed for adhesive applications. This technology mimics the proteins of marine mussels when they bond to underwater surfaces.

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FitQuik® Connectors

FitQuik Connectors from Colder Products Company are high-quality fittings for leak-free tubing connections. These precision-molded fittings are designed to eliminate tubing leak points in medical devices and analytical instrumentation.

Cermax VQ Xenon Lamps - Metal Body Parabolic

Cermax Short Arc Xenon - metal body parabolic reflector lamps have operating power ranges from 300 to 400 W. and are typically used for fiber optic illumination, analytical instrumentation, endoscopy/laparoscopy, and microscopy.

355-400 UV LEDs

Marktech Optoelectronics offers a UV LEDS in a variety of standard and custom packaging to match application requirements. UV LEDs with wavelengths ranging from 355nm to 400nm offer advantages in UV sensing applications, standard detection and UV curing processes. UV LEDs are widely used in general sensing applications, which include airport identification and inspection equipment, coin and bill validation and medical sensing and purification.

Miniature Single and Multi-Axis Linear Positioners: MX45S Series

This series of linear positioners/stages can be used to provide reliable linear positioning during the development and/or design of medical devices. They’re very small (45mm wide x 25mm high) and have 5mm, 15mm, and 25mm selectable travels.

Orifices in Male to Female Luer
Orifices in Male to Female Luer

The Lee Company’s highly accurate Orifice is preinstalled into a male and female luer adapter, featuring an integral safety screen for protection against rogue contamination. Designed for both liquid and gas applications, the orifices are 100% flow tested on either nitrogen or distilled water, ensuring that each part is within ±5% of its nominal flow rate, and providing more accuracy than orifices specified by hole tolerance.

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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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