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Medical device design
& development

Empowering MedTech innovation to create breakthrough products
that improve health and save lives

At StarFish Medical, we blend deep technical expertise, regulatory insight, and user-centered design to bring MedTech innovation to life. From startups to global enterprises, we turn visionary ideas into breakthrough products that improve health and save lives.

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Our Services

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Our multidisciplinary teams have all the in-house capabilities to transform your medical device from concept to final product.

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Medical device design and development with a commercial launch focus. See how we support clinical trials and facilitate seamless tech transfers.

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We help you navigate complex regulatory landscapes to achieve commercial success. Explore our integrated approach to quality and regulatory services.

Latest Resources

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For Earth Day 2025, we asked our employees to share medtech recycling and innovation opportunities and obstacles.  We invite everyone in medical device development and healthcare to unite behind medtech recycling and innovation. 

An individual lies back with eyes open as a drop of eye medication falls from a dropper, highlighting the process of vision care.

The human eye is an extremely delicate organ, often prone to irritation, dryness and various diseases, such as glaucoma, cataracts, keratoconus, age-related macular degeneration, and many others. These ocular clinical conditions also affect patients’ quality of life.

A Caucasian girl in her 20s or 30s undergoes transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy at a psychiatric facility to treat depression or anxiety.

Understanding and treating the brain remains one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. Despite significant advancements, we are still in the early stages of mapping brain regions, deciphering neurological diseases, and optimizing drug delivery to the brain. Addressing these challenges requires innovative approaches that go beyond conventional drug therapies alone.

A close-up of a person's skin with a smart bandage applied. The bandage contains an embedded green-glowing electronic circuit, resembling a microchip, suggesting advanced medical monitoring or theranostic technology.

With the recent developments and seemingly ubiquitous nature of real time glucose monitoring and availability of smart wearable tech, the development of a theranostic band-aid seems inevitable. But how practical would this be? Is there a Theranostic wound dressings market?

Illustration of a house with a green checkmark beside a hospital with a red X. Text above reads "Prevent the Hospital?" in bold black and purple lettering, highlighting the concept of avoiding hospitalization through preventative healthcare.

In this episode of Bio Break, Nick Allan and Joris van der Heijden explore a critical but often overlooked topic in healthcare innovation: prevention. While most conversations about medical devices revolve around treatment, the duo shifts the focus to technologies that help people avoid hospitalization altogether. Preventive medical devices and diagnostic tools are quietly transforming healthcare by catching diseases earlier and reducing the need for invasive procedures.

A laboratory scene featuring a glass Erlenmeyer flask filled with bright green liquid placed on a table against a dark background. Bold text on the left reads, “He drank Bacteria!?” in large gray and purple letters, adding a sense of curiosity and intrigue.

In this episode of Bio Break, Nick shares one of his favorite discoveries in the world of infectious disease research — the groundbreaking discovery of Helicobacter pylori and its role in causing peptic ulcers. This fascinating story showcases how persistence, scientific curiosity, and innovative thinking can lead to discoveries that reshape medical science.

Sectors We Serve

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From remote diagnostics to powerful imaging systems. We design and develop diagnostics for use inside or outside a traditional healthcare setting.

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Our team creates innovative devices that combine your drug with optimal delivery methods for the most effective treatment.

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From emergency ventilators to enabling home-based therapies, we have supported hundreds of therapy devices that treat patients inside or outside the clinic.

Axolotl BrainPrint Microsphere Generator

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Aurora DNA Sample Preparation Device

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Fast, simple, specific biomolecule extraction