Medical Device Design & Development

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES

Conducting A Medical Device Stability Study: A Practical Guide

Stability studies measure how medical devices respond to environmental stresses such as temperature, humidity, light, and time. Let's take a closer look at designing and conducting a stability study.

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. 

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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

Medical Grade Silicone For Medical Device Components
Medical Grade Silicone For Medical Device Components

Flexan uses medical grade silicone for implantable and disposable medical devices that require high performance and safety characteristics whenever in contact with a human body. With no side effects and the ability to be sterilized, this material meets or exceeds all USP Class VI test requirements. It will also retain its shape under pressure and temperature extremes.

EUROLED Products

LED - EUROLED SMD LED displays and backlights for switches, sensors and LCD displays in medical system and sensor applications, aerospace and transportation displays, and data displays.

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SMC Series: Couplings
The SMC and SMF1 are Colder's smallest couplings. These twist-to-connect couplings provide a reliable and more secure alternative to luer-type connections. They also allow for tubing to rotate freely when connected. This important feature reduces the occurence of both kinked tubing and accidental disconnection during use.
Penny Motors
Penny motors from MicroMo feature no cogging or preferred rotor position. These motors are ultra-flat with low current consumption...
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Injectable, Settable, Drillable Putty For Remodeling Bones: ColOSSIS™

ColOSSIS™ from DSM Biomedical is an injectable, settable, drillable putty designed for remodeling bones. It offers improved handling in preparation and delivery and can be mixed with saline, blood, and bone marrow aspirate, allowing for an affordable, fast-remodeling, settable, and drillable biomimetic solution to fracture repair.

Visco-Jet® Micro-Mixer
Visco-Jet® Micro-Mixer

The Visco-Jet® Micro-Mixer is composed of 36 critically controlled spin chambers that subject the incoming liquids to a vigorously repeated mixing process. The mixing energy is drawn from the liquids themselves so no electrical or mechanical input is required.

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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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