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Discover a wealth of knowledge and insights from the experts at StarFish Medical. Our Resource Centre offers product development tips, reviews of new and cutting-edge technologies, and in-depth articles on regulatory updates and compliance in medical device development.

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  • Service Design Medical Device Development
  • Voice of the Customer Medical Device Research

    7 Tips for conducting Voice of Customer medical device research in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (LMICs) is an integral component in user-centric design and development. It is increasingly an expectation of regulatory bodies.

  • Sensory Design Medical Devices

    The medical devices in the masthead above have vastly different purposes. One thing that’s common is they all have some combination of sensory aspects. Sensory design uses affordances (perception of design features intuitively suggesting a functional task) and semantics (conveying meaning and information about the product’s use and function through sensory cues). Both can be communicated through our five senses with the most common being visual, tactile and auditory.

  • Developing Medical Devices With Software

    Developing medical devices with software involves a wide-ranging set of unique challenges. Our software engineering team offer advice on offered advice on software in medical devices, FDA, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), risks, cybersecurity, and Open Source software.

  • AI Medical Device Development

    9 ways to use AI in medical device development from our experts include Connected Medical Devices, QA/RA, Developing (real time) Simulations, Expedite Design Process, Analysis and Research, Supplier Evaluations, Project Reviews, Brainstorming, and Administrative Help (Faster than Google).   

  • Medical Device Project Manager Skills

    A Project Manager navigating this complex medical device development landscape requires the ability to marry traditional Project Management Skills with the specificity of medical device industry practices that focus on patient outcomes and regulatory requirements. This article includes 5 skills that expert project manager, Shalaka Maind, deems crucial to medical device development success.

  • Productivity Drains and Solutions

    Can’t get your medical device development work done on time? We crowdsourced this dilemma to our employees, and they shared their biggest productivity drains and solutions. Spoiler alert: there were nine drains and five of them share the same solution.

  • Visual Project Management Manufacturing

    Ensuring on-time medical device manufacturing builds are done in a timely manner requires coordinating across several teams including engineering, manufacturing, and quality. Visual Project Management (VPM) and Manufacturing Production Schedules (MPS) help improve manufacturing performance and meet build delivery deadlines.

  • Project Review Meeting Elements

    How to ensure team members leave project review meetings feeling seen, heard, understood, and hopeful about future projects. This article discusses four proven project review elements that deliver a game plan to address key issues and drive improvements.