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

Hydrogels For Medical Devices
Hydrogels For Medical Devices

Cardinal Health’s OEM division offers a large selection of latex-free hydrogels in bulk rolls or in slit widths. These medical device hydrogels are used in a variety of applications including ECG signaling, defibrillation, electrosurgical and iontophoretic return electrodes, T.E.N.S., wound care, cosmetics, and non-skin adhesives.

Miniature Connector with High Density, Signal, and Power: MiniMax™

Fischer’s MiniMaxTM series of connectors feature unmatched pin density in a miniature circular connector. Additionally, their ultra-compact size helps to solve device miniaturization challenges, and in some devices, they can reduce overall weight by more than 75%.

ADMP801 Hearing Aid Omnidirectional MEMS Microphone

The ADMP801 is a high quality, ultralow power, analog output, bottom-ported, omnidirectional MEMS microphone, designed specifically for hearing aid applications.

Image Sensors for Blood Analysis and Point-of-Care Devices

Hamamatsu’s line of image sensors includes CMOS, CCD, NMOS, and InGaAs image sensors available for integration into instruments for in vitro diagnostics (fluorescence assays), blood analyzers, and point-of-care devices.

Electrospun Polymer Solutions For Controlled Biological Interaction: Bioweb™ Technology

Zeus offers Bioweb™ electrospinning technology that produces polymer fiber solutions with thickness ranging from nanoscale to microscale sizes. These fibers can be used to electrospin fabrics with complex shapes, and produce a broad range of fiber and fabric properties. Possible solutions include encapsulation technology, spin membranes/sheets, and 3-D structures for coating substrates of varying shapes and sizes.

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LAVA™ Cell Concentration Devices

DSM Biomedical offers best-in-class LAVA™ Cell Concentration Devices designed to deliver the fastest PRP and BMC processing in the smallest and lightest designs. The LAVA™ family of devices separates and concentrates biologic fluids to create supraphysiologic cell solutions such as platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate.

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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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