Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

Who Wants Clean Air and Water?

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…is prudent to ask your suppliers for chemical and physical analysis reports. If a machined component or an injection-molded part has critical features, you are going to want to ensure…

…is prudent to ask your suppliers for chemical and physical analysis reports. If a machined component or an injection-molded part has critical features, you are going to want to ensure…

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Recognizing the Value of PLM in Health Sciences

…current business demands.  Since many of their devices and services are increasingly being commoditized, today’s manufacturers understand the need to differentiate their products on the basis of features, design and…

…current business demands.  Since many of their devices and services are increasingly being commoditized, today’s manufacturers understand the need to differentiate their products on the basis of features, design and…

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Executives Offer Prospects for Med-Tech Business Model

By Daniel R. Matlis

…is a high pressure on price, but with an expectation of equal quality and features. The Internet leads to even emerging countries being very well informed regarding product capability. Mark…

…is a high pressure on price, but with an expectation of equal quality and features. The Internet leads to even emerging countries being very well informed regarding product capability. Mark…

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Process Control… RFID has it Under Control

By Rick Raber, Angela Hoffman

…micro-storage device for remote data access. While RFID is not a complete replacement for barcode labels, these inherent technical features make RFID the appropriate choice to address data recovery and…

…micro-storage device for remote data access. While RFID is not a complete replacement for barcode labels, these inherent technical features make RFID the appropriate choice to address data recovery and…

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MEDdesign

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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