Why Common Plastics Are Failing in Hospital Settings
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) [...]
How to Design and Produce Injection Molded Parts For Your Medical Device
From toys and automotive parts to cell phones and mechanical components, injection molded parts can be found in many of the objects we interact with each day. In fact, it would be difficult to [...]
Designing the Right Medical Product Starts with Defining User Needs. Here’s How to Do it Right.
If you’re thinking of bringing a new medical device to the market, you probably already know that your first step is to determine whether or not you need to follow the FDA’s Design Controls. If [...]
Bridge the Gap Between User Needs & Unknown Design Inputs with Qualification Testing
The first step in building a medical device is to identify the full range of user needs your product will meet. Only then can you begin actually designing a product by translating those needs [...]
Design to Innovate — Not Just to Manufacture
The development of medical devices can follow many different paths depending on a myriad of inputs: new technology, cost, market adoption, etc. At Mindflow, we see many projects that focus on [...]
Whitepaper; Cleaning, Sterilizing & Disinfecting Medical Devices: How to Specify the Right Chemical Formulation
If your medical device is reusable, a method for cleaning and disinfection must be specified by the medical device manufacturer as well as instruction for users on how to clean it. These elements [...]
