Footsteps

Remediation: Risk Priorities

By Maria Fontanazza

…aspects or features are needed to ensure effectiveness of the device and patient safety, and then implement (risk) controls to ensure that those specific performance aspects or features are preserved…

…aspects or features are needed to ensure effectiveness of the device and patient safety, and then implement (risk) controls to ensure that those specific performance aspects or features are preserved…

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Vietnam, medtech

Vietnamese Medtech Industry on the Rise

By Ames Gross

…of 2016, including Vietnam. The system is a device that allows surgeons to correct a variety of fractures, is covered by multiple patents, and has features such as an anatomical…

…of 2016, including Vietnam. The system is a device that allows surgeons to correct a variety of fractures, is covered by multiple patents, and has features such as an anatomical…

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Terrence Norchi
MEDdesign

Building a Better Hemostatic Device: Why Collaboration Is Key

By Terrence W. Norchi, M.D.

…setting, it should be lightweight, easy to store and rapidly applied to a hemorrhaging wound. Companies that successfully invent and commercialize products with those features stand a good chance to…

…setting, it should be lightweight, easy to store and rapidly applied to a hemorrhaging wound. Companies that successfully invent and commercialize products with those features stand a good chance to…

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How to Evaluate Attractiveness of Product Ideas and Markets Before Development

By Karl-Hubertus Gruber, Michael Marquardt, Ph.D., Laszlo Horwitz

Features. Must-have features address the current industry and product needs, differentiating according to country (e.g., reliability, ease of use). Outstanding features, on the other hand, focus on the industry and…

Features. Must-have features address the current industry and product needs, differentiating according to country (e.g., reliability, ease of use). Outstanding features, on the other hand, focus on the industry and…

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User-centered design

Challenging the Assumption of “The Fewer Steps the Better”

By Charlotte Lux, Ed Geiselhart

…assumptions around how something works. Revisiting the example of the pen injector, most users of these devices have learned to understand that the injector features a removable cap that covers…

…assumptions around how something works. Revisiting the example of the pen injector, most users of these devices have learned to understand that the injector features a removable cap that covers…

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Ameing for Asia

Opportunities and Pitfalls in China’s Medical Device Market

By Ames Gross

…are not immune to this practice. It is not unusual to see Chinese “copycat” device products with identical features that were made from the exact same material and disposables. Intellectual…

…are not immune to this practice. It is not unusual to see Chinese “copycat” device products with identical features that were made from the exact same material and disposables. Intellectual…

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Mitigating Global Supply Chain Risks

By Maria Fontanazza

…all logistical tasks. UPS opened a loaner kit processing site that features a decontamination and replenishment service for healthcare companies. Using visibility solutions, the site has a closed loop inventory…

…all logistical tasks. UPS opened a loaner kit processing site that features a decontamination and replenishment service for healthcare companies. Using visibility solutions, the site has a closed loop inventory…

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Soapbox

Personalized Medicine a Megatrend

By Klaus Jopp

…For that price, customers get a mobile, app-based ultrasound that gives healthcare providers features like cloud technology and very high image quality. The ultrasound transducer is connected to an ordinary…

…For that price, customers get a mobile, app-based ultrasound that gives healthcare providers features like cloud technology and very high image quality. The ultrasound transducer is connected to an ordinary…

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Mika Javanainen, M-Files Corp., Hybrid cloud for medical device manufacturers
Soapbox

Automating Standard Operating Procedure Management

By Mika Javanainen

…(EIM) system for managing the creation, modification and management of SOP documentation makes sense, as these systems typically offer robust access control management and version control features. However, modern EIM…

…(EIM) system for managing the creation, modification and management of SOP documentation makes sense, as these systems typically offer robust access control management and version control features. However, modern EIM…

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Figure 3

Experimenting with Micromolding and 3-D Printing

By Lindsay Mann

…of the same part exhibiting sharp, well-defined corners on repeating sets of stair-step features. Micromolding, on the other hand, is a combination of several processes (injection molding plus tooling plus…

…of the same part exhibiting sharp, well-defined corners on repeating sets of stair-step features. Micromolding, on the other hand, is a combination of several processes (injection molding plus tooling plus…

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