Medical Product Design

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

[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 [...]

Inside Access: How MPE (Formerly Mindflow Design) Fully Guides Your Device’s Development

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 [...]

4 Advantages of Working With One Medical Device Development Partner

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 [...]

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 [...]

MindFlow Design of Carlsbad, Cal. Being Acquired by Medical Device Manufacturer MPE

by Chris Ross Posted Sep 10, 2021 In Medical Product Design

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Design Firm to Enhance MPE’s Concept to Completion Model

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Understanding Finite Element Analysis and Its Benefits for Your Medical Device

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 [...]

Why Your Medical Device Company Should Develop Accessible Products — and How

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.

Why Common Plastics Are Failing in Hospital Settings

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 [...]

How GD&T Makes Better Medical Products Possible

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 [...]

Whitepaper: The Ultimate Playbook for Launching a Medical Device Startup and Bringing Your Product to Market

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 [...]

Save Time & Money by Implementing GD&T in Your Medical Product Design

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. [...]

How the Switch to Telehealth Impacts Medical Device Design

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 [...]

Preserve Your Device’s Value Proposition: Bridging the Marketing vs Development Gap

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 [...]

5 Reasons to Use Medical Graphical User Interface Design Specialists Instead of Generalists

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 [...]

How to Create a Winning Usability Engineering File for FDA Submissions

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 [...]