“If you are doing a wound care dressing, what is unique about the product, what are you doing differently than what is already in the market, what is it intended to be used for, who is using it, and where is it being used… All of these pieces of information help you decide how to proceed.” – Jeff Kaminski , President of MBK Tape Solutions. Excerpts from an interview.
How stakeholders in a global value chain can create an innovation environment that leverages product lifecycle management to drive today’s most important health sciences business initiatives.
In order to compete globally, companies must be proactive in their business plans and anticipate the challenges they may face, concur three med-tech executives.
There is a pressure on medical device product development teams to come to terms with new types of users, environments, distribution and sales models as opposed to more traditional scenarios of device use and sale, says ide’s Richard Sokolov.
When developing highly complex medical devices, the mountain of “interesting” ideas that result from traditional brainstorming all too often buckles under technical scrutiny. A more efficient and effective way to generate and refine ideas that are technically viable is needed.
Data reporting can be a very tedious process for medical device manufacturers. The functionality of the device needs to be spot-on for it to be considered viable in the medical community. Because there is little to no room for error in this process, medical devices must help decrease error prone manufacturing activities, and in many cases also help companies meet the desired Six Sigma goal for process control.
Solutions from the field of micro system engineering help to make faster, more flexible and smarter medical devices. The ambitious goal of the developers is to sustainably enhance the quality of patients’ lives through more mobility, faster test results on location, checking vital signs and blood values or through innovative therapy systems for the chronically ill.
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In the face of new potentials and new demands in the health care space, as well as the digitization of daily life, the health care industry is feeling significant pressure to reinvent itself and keep up. The digital transformation of health care is imminent.
How can regulatory engineers help integrate regulatory requirements into the design and development process?
