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Four Ways Risk Analysis and Verification Testing Can Help Prevent Recalls

By Scott Phillips

Medical device companies must balance a drive for innovation and new product features with an equally intense focus on thorough verification and validation. Hunting a haystack of operating conditions for…

Medical device companies must balance a drive for innovation and new product features with an equally intense focus on thorough verification and validation. Hunting a haystack of operating conditions for…

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Devine Guidance

Receiving Inspection

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…reduce the inspection burden. Additionally, Dr. D recommends identifying all of the dimensions/features on the specification as: <C> – Critical, e.g., AQL 0.40; <M> Major, e.g., AQL 1.0; <m> Minor,…

…reduce the inspection burden. Additionally, Dr. D recommends identifying all of the dimensions/features on the specification as: <C> – Critical, e.g., AQL 0.40; <M> Major, e.g., AQL 1.0; <m> Minor,…

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Richard Sokolov, Director-Product Development, ide+
MEDdesign

Minimum Viable Product

By Kevin Smith, Richard Sokolov

…idea? What are the critical characteristics and features of your concept or idea? When evaluating existing products, what features are unnecessary or must be replaced? We all know that bringing…

…idea? What are the critical characteristics and features of your concept or idea? When evaluating existing products, what features are unnecessary or must be replaced? We all know that bringing…

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Specification Requirements to Ensure Regulatory Compliance

By Julie Cameron

…to determine which features are critical to its design and overall performance. Critical features are chosen subjectively based on the function and fit of your particular component. In contrast, non-critical…

…to determine which features are critical to its design and overall performance. Critical features are chosen subjectively based on the function and fit of your particular component. In contrast, non-critical…

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Terri Marion, Silicone Business Development Manager, GW Silicones, Inc.
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LSR Use in Devices

By Terri Marion

…liquid LSR flows during molding. Once cured, these design features provide positive retention between the two components. The advantages of 2K LSR molding are numerous and significant: Design flexibility. Unique…

…liquid LSR flows during molding. Once cured, these design features provide positive retention between the two components. The advantages of 2K LSR molding are numerous and significant: Design flexibility. Unique…

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Chris Loughnane, is an engineer at Farm
MEDdesign

Building Adaptable CAD Databases—How and Why

By Chris Loughnane

…(but not less) 10 simple features > 1 complex feature and so on… While these will take you a long way, adaptable databases, as mentioned before, go further. Adaptable databases…

…(but not less) 10 simple features > 1 complex feature and so on… While these will take you a long way, adaptable databases, as mentioned before, go further. Adaptable databases…

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David A. White is the President/CEO of DesignDesign Inc.,
MEDdesign

Product Development Process Safeguards

By David A. White

…have features added to anchor it to a pallet or isolate it from shocks in transport. Address marketing challenges. Hopefully the marketing team was intimate with the evolution of the…

…have features added to anchor it to a pallet or isolate it from shocks in transport. Address marketing challenges. Hopefully the marketing team was intimate with the evolution of the…

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