Medical Product Design
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Whitepaper: 4 Design Decision Pitfalls That Derail Medical Device Usability
by Paul Klock Posted Apr 04, 2022 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
Focusing on usability as you develop a medical device is paramount. Without properly considering user needs from the get-go, you risk creating a product that doesn’t meet user expectations and consequently falls flat in the marketplace. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to misstep when it come [...]
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How To Design Home Health Products That Inspire Patient Compliance
by Paul Klock Posted Mar 22, 2022 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
The success of home health products can be measured in much the same way as any other medical device: How well does the product work? To what extent does it improve health outcomes? How are sales? But, unlike medical devices for clinical settings, home health products must also succeed in another ca [...]
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Marrying Software and Hardware: The Pressures and Pain Points of Building a Software-Driven Medical Device
by Chris Ross Posted Feb 18, 2022 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design
Medical devices are increasingly built around software. Of course, almost any medical device with a battery or power cord has a software component of some kind. But as more and more tech companies enter the medical space, the role of software in medical devices is changing. Today, it’s more common [...]
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Risk Management in Action: Harms and Probabilities of Occurrence and Severity for Your Medical Device
by Andy Moulds Posted Feb 02, 2022 In Medical Product Design
The risk management process for medical devices can be overwhelming. It’s a lot of pressure to account for and mitigate risks so your medical device is both safe for users and meets the FDA’s exacting requirements. Not to mention the risk management process itself is never-ending. It [...]
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How Core Technology Bridges the Gap Between Science & a Salable Medical Device
by David Giuntoli Posted Jan 12, 2022 In Design Strategy, Engineering, Medical Product Design
You have a new technology or application for a medical discovery. That discovery will ideally turn into a successful medical device. At MindFlow Design, we think about this process from discovery through to product monetization in 3 broad stages:
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Demystifying the Role of Industrial Design in Medical Product Development
by Chris Ross Posted Jan 04, 2022 In Industrial Design, Medical Product Design
Industrial design is so important that it can single-handedly determine the success or failure of your medical device. Think of it as the bridge that connects your technology with the people who use it. The type of bridge you build determines the way people will experience your product and brand. [...]
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The First Steps to Medical Device Risk Management: Selecting Your Team and Identifying Hazards
by Andy Moulds Posted Dec 21, 2021 In Medical Product Design
Risk management is a crucial aspect of medical device development. You need to account for and mitigate the risks associated with your product early on, so it’s safe for users and passes increasingly stringent FDA requirements. And what happens if you don’t properly account for risk in the ea [...]
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Inside Access: How MindFlow Design Fully Guides Your Device’s Development
by Chris Ross Posted Dec 14, 2021 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
It’s a consequential decision to hand over the responsibility of designing your medical device to an outside team — even if it’s only for part of the project. You need to have a lot of trust and confidence in the firm you hire. MindFlow Design’s Guideway Design and Development process ser [...]
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4 Advantages of Working With One Medical Device Development Partner From Concept to Completion
by Hank Kohl Posted Nov 15, 2021 In Medical Product Design
The entire healthcare industry changed in response to Obamacare and subsequent value-based healthcare initiatives. It’s no longer about reactive care and treating a patient with corrective measures once they’re already sick. Instead, preventative care has become paramount. For medical device [...]
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Whitepaper: How to Better Source User & Safety Needs for Your Device’s Traceability Matrix
by Andy Moulds Posted Oct 27, 2021 In Medical Product Design
Creating a comprehensive traceability matrix hinges on sourcing accurate user, safety, science, and technology needs related to your medical device. Like most companies, your firm is probably science-and/or technology-driven. You’re comfortable documenting these needs in your matrix. But use [...]
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Does Your Medical Device Need Design Controls? Here’s What You Need to Know.
by Chris Ross Posted Oct 04, 2021 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
New medical devices offer fresh opportunities for your company to improve health outcomes, push the boundaries of medical innovation, and grow your business. Who wouldn’t be excited about that? But medical devices also carry varying levels of risk that must be carefully managed. As the product [...]
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Your Medical Device’s User Interface Specification Is More Powerful Than You Think
by Chris Ross Posted Sep 21, 2021 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research
The FDA requires user interface specifications for medical devices. But your user interface specification can and should be more than a requirement or regulatory box to check. After all, a robust specification establishes design specs, which inform the experience users ultimately have wi [...]
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5 Tips for Medical Device Companies to Design Home-Use Products Right
by Chris Ross Posted Sep 15, 2021 In Healthcare Trends, Medical Product Design
In the past, medical device design companies and consumer product companies didn’t often intersect. Medical product developers were almost exclusively concerned with FDA regulations, while consumer product creators focused on lifestyle needs. But that was then. Today, two trends are causing the [...]
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MindFlow Design of Carlsbad, Cal. Being Acquired by Medical Device Manufacturer MPE
by Chris Ross Posted Sep 10, 2021 In Medical Product Design
Design Firm to Enhance MPE’s Concept to Completion Model
CARLSBAD, CALIF. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 08, 2021
Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE-INC), a leading design and cont [...] -
Breaking Down the Verification and Validation Processes for Medical Devices
by David Giuntoli Posted Aug 23, 2021 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
Developing a medical device starts with identifying every user need your final product will meet. Then, those needs are translated into actionable product specifications. These are called design inputs. Why do design inputs matter? Because if you don’t satisfy your design inputs, your product w [...]
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