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I think StarFish is a perfect combination of discipline for quality control and all the regulatory requirements that are there for good reason, but at the same time, porous enough that it’s not siloed departments. If there’s a really good person that’s had experience in an aspect of your project, they might be called in. They might show up at your meeting because they’ve heard about it, they have a keen interest, and can lend an idea that may ultimately be a definitive moment in the development of the product.

When we’re sitting in a room it feels like one team working on one project. We’re all equally invested emotionally in what we’re trying to accomplish. And we certainly believe that what we’ve been working on has the potential to have very significant impact on mental health.

StarFish Medical took my ideas for an intervertebral body cage that is expandable and created an actual device that not only meets engineering requirements and compliance requirements, but meets surgical requirements. They are thorough.

I was looking for people who have actually dealt with implantable devices and had a general idea of what I wanted to accomplish.  There are places that can deal with surgical devices, but don’t have a clue regarding my goal or what my device would be used for. When I called and spoke with StarFish, they had a grasp of what I was trying to accomplish pretty quickly.

After conducting a wide internet search, I found there are not many companies that can handle products like mine or that are able to present in a concise way how to get from Step A to Completion.  Speaking with someone who understood what I was trying to achieve, understood what was necessary for engineering, and what the compliance issues were– that for me was the deciding factor.

StarFish has the ability to be innovative, practical, and then execute on the design.

You guys deliver.  You stick to your timelines, you stick to your budgets, and you get it done.  If I had a word that summarized that, it would be the word I’d pick to describe StarFish.

StarFish Medical’s ability to execute is what I value the most.  They were really committed to taking on any problem and challenge.  Without any real predicate technology to guide them, they solved the problem, addressed the challenge and came up with an executable plan to effect a meaningful solution that resulted in actual functional technology.  For us that is incredibly valuable.

We were looking for a firm that was capable of doing not only the engineering work, but also efficiently manufacturing the device. Not large scale manufacturing, but executing prototypes quickly, or in our case 1, 2 or 3-off bench technologies.

Encouraging a company to go down a development path that is realistic from a design, regulatory, and indication for use perspective is really important. StarFish Medical identified major risks in developing the medical device and made sure we tackled those first. They understand small details which go into developing a medical device that a first time research team wouldn’t consider.

Working with StarFish provided us access to lots of talented engineers—electrical, biomedical, mechanical, and software—and structured project management. Our microbiome sampling project and prototype had been going on for 4 years. We handed the project to StarFish and have made great progress since.

They took a very methodical approach based on determining indication for use that helped us identify new peripherals, add functionality and enable manufacturability.