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  • Gloved hands handling a pharmaceutical vial through a shielded enclosure, illustrating the manual theranostics delivery workflow discussed in a Bio Break episode

    Theranostics combines diagnosis and therapy into a single targeting system, using one ligand to attach to two different radioactive payloads, one for imaging and one for treatment. It represents a significant shift in how cancer is being identified and treated. But the theranostics delivery workflow tells a different story.

  • Two people seated at a table holding handheld medical device prototypes, with text overlay reading "Is It Ready for a Human?" — MedDevice by Design episode on clinical prototypes for human use

    Ariana and Mark walk through what separates a clinical prototype from a proof-of-concept build, what determines how much testing and documentation you actually need, and where the regulatory line between significant risk and non-significant risk falls.

  • Gloved technician handling sterile medical device packages during V&V sample testing

    Nigel Syrotuck breaks down the realistic medical device V&V cost and schedule for terminally sterilized devices, picking up after design freeze and walking through each major phase of the process.

  • Engineer reviewing a colorful mind map diagram across dual monitors and laptop while collaborating with a remote team on a video call during an online whiteboard risk analysis session

    Graphical mind maps created in online whiteboards offer a low-barrier, highly collaborative approach to early risk analysis in medical device development.

  • medical vs wellness device example showing alert vs no alert functionality

    This medical vs wellness example shows how device classification can directly change functionality. Even when hardware is similar, what the device is allowed to do can be very different.

  • Thumbnail with the words “Designing Out Bias” above an ECG waveform and a gloved hand holding a surgical instrument, highlighting bias in medical device design.

    Ariana Wilson and Mark Drlik explore how bias can enter the development process and why engineers and manufacturers must actively work to prevent it.

  • FDA agentic AI reviewer concept with robotic hand reviewing medical device submission documents

    The FDA agentic AI is making headlines after the agency announced its own internal AI review tool. In this episode of MedDevice by Design, Ariana and Mark discuss what this could mean for medical device submissions and regulatory efficiency.

  • Engineers conducting pre-clinical testing of a novel medical device in a controlled laboratory environment

    For manufacturers of novel devices that can make a significant impact to patient health, the goal of the program is to offer a path to streamlined and potentially faster market entry without sacrificing the rigour around ensuring safety and performance.

  • Medical device data management displayed on a connected healthcare tablet

    When I was starting out in medical devices, the discussion focused on the possibility of an internet of things and the promise of “big data” about everything.