Have you made your medical device commercialization resolutions for 2023? We polled our quality, regulatory, project management, manufacturing, and engineering experts for their New Year resolutions. De-risking early, communicating often, testing, and managing pivots were top themes for 2023. Read their medical device commercialization resolutions below:
We share our newest and most interesting blog posts in a monthly newsletter. Inevitably some articles prove more popular than others, so we have consolidated a list of the most read 2022 Medical Device Articles determined by our readers.
Two new articles made the list of our most-read blogs for 2022. They join eight from last year’s top 10 covering a variety of topics including perspectives on equipment sterilization, firmware testing, and the impact of certain standards and compliances on labeling and vendor selection.
StarFish Medical YouTube subscribers grew 50% in 2022. What medical device commercialization videos were they watching?
Commercialization of a medical device is the process of transitioning from design and development to a realized, manufacturable, and sellable product. This blog describes how our commercialization team “Make it Real” by developing robust commercialization strategies that engage a cross-functional team from engineering, production planning and supply chain.
Medical Device Supply Chain strategies have been evolving since the 1990s. It started with the famous “Pick two from: better, faster, or cheaper”. You could not have all three… Then in the 2000s with the rapid expansion of high-tech companies, the medical device supply chain strategy umbrella expanded to include better, now, cheaper, agile, global, […]
So, you have toiled through the design process and successfully launched a product to manufacturing and are looking to add value to your existing design. Where should you focus your budget? This blog outlines questions you can ask yourself to evaluate your device capability and reinvest in your product to add value.
We recently asked our engineering and QA/RA leaders which new developments are likely to impact medical devices in the near- and long-term future. Their responses cover a variety of technology, regulatory, and supply chain activities.
Coming from a high volume and high precision electronics manufacturing background, I lived in a world where every design required a tolerance study. Entering the low volume world of biomedical entrepreneurship, I’ve been surprised by clients telling me that tolerance studies are too expensive and that they are happy to proceed without them. This led […]
Medical devices, especially complex ones with electronics, almost always undergo shipping testing before they are considered safe enough for market. We use 3rd party testing services to run typical load profiles on devices in their packaging. These usually include impact, drop and vibration testing, amongst others. Vibration testing is a particularly interesting subject, which we’ll […]
Enabling Features for Biomanufacturing Applications Integrating microfluidics into biomanufacturing lines is a very exciting concept. Microfluidics has the ability to miniaturize manufacturing processes such as cell culture, classification, droplet generation, encapsulation, mixing, and more.
Let’s talk about what an anodized finish actually is. A core finishing technique around the world, anodizing is highly valued in the medical industry to promote longevity of devices. It is a finishing process that can be applied to a few different materials, the most common being aluminum (in fact, this blog will only discuss […]
