Resource Centre
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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This blog reviews the main families of optical detectors and the major technologies in those families.
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I was recently looking through the OPTICA trade journal Optics and Photonics News – specifically its summary of “Optics in 2025.” A few highlights were of particular interest to me in terms of their potential applicability to future medical devices.
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Optics Physicist and Engineer share approaches to performing pre-screen Ophthalmic Instrument Safety Assessment testing in-house.
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If you’ve ever been to the hospital, you’ll know that one of the first things hospital staff do is attach “that finger clip device” to your finger. “That device” is called a Pulse Oximeter, and it provides information on pulse rate and blood oxygenation.
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Tips for building a medical device optical breadboard prototype. When designing a medical device made of complex, multi-functional mutually interacting subsystems it’s best to de-risk those subsystems instead of coming up with a paper design, assembling it, and hoping it works first time. De-risking individual subsystem behaviours one at a time enables more-focused assessments and improves troubleshooting.
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Commonalities and points of potential confusion of the “big 4” incoherent-light hazard classification and standards for medical devices.
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Coupling light from LEDs and light guides in Medical Devices overview and tips include putting the light-guide entrance face as close as possible to the LED output face.
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Medical device color management overview of why colour-rendering accuracy is critical for LEDs CRIs and Full-Colour Imaging.
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Tips for using Jupyter Notebook in product prototyping creative process and workflow include Jupyter notebook, and Python/Numpy/Scipy stack.
