by Andy Moulds Posted Dec 21, 2021 In Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 d [...]
by Chris Ross Posted Dec 14, 2021 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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.
MPE (Formerly Mindflo [...]
by Hank Kohl Posted Nov 15, 2021 In Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The entire healthcare industry changed in response to Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) and subsequent value-based healthcare initiatives. It’s no longer about reactive care and treating patients with corrective measures once they’re sick. Instead, preventati [...]
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 [...]
by Chris Ross Posted Sep 10, 2021 In Medical Product Design
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by David Giuntoli Posted Jun 25, 2021 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There are products from our grandparents’ and even great-grandparents’ eras that are still in use today. In their time, technology didn’t advance nearly as quickly, so products were expected to last a lifetime — and they were built accordingly. Everythin [...]
by Carmen Cumming Posted Jun 01, 2021 In Healthcare Trends, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Medical device designers often overlook accessibility when creating products. Getting a medical device to market is complex, costly, and time consuming — there’s simply no bandwidth to consider accessibility in the midst of an already rigorous process.
< [...]by Andy Moulds Posted Apr 28, 2021 In Medical Product Design
Patient safety and reducing hospital stays is the priority for healthcare institutions and one of the focus areas is preventing patients from getting HAIs (Healthcare-associated infections) during their stay. These HAIs are the responsibility of the institution and have to be treated and paid for by [...]
by David Giuntoli Posted Apr 24, 2021 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) is intimidating even for trained engineers to pick up. GD&T has a set of vocabulary that is initially impenetrable and throws out a lot of traditional drawing practices. Once you get past all the new terms and how they interact with one anothe [...]
by Chris Ross Posted Apr 23, 2021 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
If you’re reading this, you probably have a viable idea for a new medical device — and that’s exciting. You’re ready to launch a startup and get your product into the hands of the users who need it most. But beware. Bringing a medical device to market is a years-long process full of compl [...]
by David Giuntoli Posted Apr 15, 2021 In Engineering, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]No matter how precise the manufacturing process, there will inevitably be some degree of variation in the components that make up your medical product. All the parts that comprise the finished device will be minutely different from one another and from the spec. [...]
by Carmen Cumming Posted Mar 10, 2021 In Healthcare Trends, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of the latest and biggest shifts in healthcare has been toward virtual health and remote health networks. This big change in the larger healthcare picture has significant impact on the wider industry and all those connected to it — including medical device [...]
by Ryan Held Posted Feb 11, 2021 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a medical device marketer, you go to great pains to identify a unique value proposition for each new device your company creates. But — and here's the rub — by the time a medical device goes to market, the end results don't always match your original int [...]
by Rick Blanchard Posted Feb 04, 2021 In Design Strategy, Medical Product Design
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Should any digital design agency develop your medical device user interface?
In a single word, no!
That may seem too definite a statement to make, yet it is the correct answer.
For several decades, the medical and healthcare industry has und [...]
by Chris Ross Posted Jan 15, 2021 In Medical Product Design, User Insights & Design Research
There is a good chance that your medical device development team isn’t fully considering the needs of your clients when making key design decisions. While all the obvious information may be neatly organized in a product requirements document supporting your FDA submission, there’s more to it tha [...]