Enterprise Partnerships

Navigate Complexity, Accelerate Innovation

Bringing a new medical device to market is a high-stakes endeavor. Even the most well-resourced enterprises face roadblocks—lengthy development cycles, regulatory hurdles, and unforeseen technical challenges can stall progress and erode competitive advantage. Internal teams, no matter how skilled, often contend with bandwidth constraints, blind spots in emerging technologies, or the challenge of balancing innovation with execution. Without the right expertise and strategic support, delays, cost overruns, and missed opportunities can threaten success.

At StarFish Medical, we help market leaders anticipate and overcome these challenges. Our expertise extends beyond conventional problem-solving—we identify and address both the obvious and hidden obstacles that stand between you and your business objectives. Whether you need a dedicated innovation partner to fuel breakthrough ideas or an execution team to bring your vision to life, we provide the agility, technical depth, and regulatory foresight to keep your projects on track and ahead of the curve.

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Why Partner with StarFish?

As an extension of your R&D team, we bring decades of experience in medical device innovation, ensuring seamless progress from early concept to commercialization. Our multidisciplinary expertise and structured development approach allow you to de-risk your investment while accelerating time to market.

Full Development Lifecycle Support

Our integrated team of engineers, designers, and regulatory specialists provides end-to-end expertise, from ideation and human factors to prototyping, optimization, and production readiness.

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Uncompromising Quality and Precision

We uphold the highest standards of accuracy and compliance, ensuring your product meets regulatory requirements and is manufacturable at scale.

State-of-the-Art Development Facilities

With ISO-certified labs and cleanroom environments in Irvine, Vancouver, and Toronto, we offer in-house capabilities for rapid prototyping, V&V testing, and manufacturing in FDA-registered facilities.

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Seamless Transition to Manufacturing

Whether you require contract manufacturing support or need a technical transfer partner, we ensure a smooth transition from development to large-scale production.

“StarFish has the ability to be innovative, practical, and then execute on the design. StarFish Medical’s ability to execute is what I value the most.  They were really committed to taking on any problem and challenge.  Without any real predicate technology to guide them, they solved the problem, addressed the challenge and came up with an executable plan to effect a meaningful solution that resulted in actual functional technology.  For us that is incredibly valuable.”

Noah M. Minskoff, MD
Chief Science Officer and Chief Operations Officer, Innovo Sciences LLC

Explore Our Sectors

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Drug Delivery

We help you create innovative devices that combine your drug with optimal delivery methods for the most effective treatment.

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Diagnostics

From remote diagnostics to powerful imaging systems, we design and develop solutions that work inside or outside a traditional healthcare setting.

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Therapy Devices

From supporting respiratory care to enabling home-based therapies, we have developed hundreds of therapy devices that treat patients inside or outside the clinic.

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StarFish Medical helps leading medical device enterprises overcome complexity and bring innovative technologies to market with confidence.

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Bio Break: How much does it cost to develop a medical device?

What are the real costs of developing a medical device? In this episode of Bio Break, Nick and Joris dive into one of the most frequently asked questions they hear from clients: How much does it cost to develop a medical device?

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Bio Break: Why Don’t We Have a Cortisol-Sensing Wearable Yet?

Nick and Joris tackle a question many tech and health enthusiasts have wondered for years: Where is my cortisol-sensing smartwatch? Nick shares a nostalgic story of reading about futuristic wearable technology in Popular Mechanics as a child — devices that would one day monitor biomarkers like cortisol to track stress and overall health. Now, decades later, he and Joris break down why such a wearable device still hasn’t become a reality.

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Medical Device Labeling Requirements: Compliance and Best Practices

We all know medical devices have labels, but how often do we consider their purpose and the effort required to ensure they provide the right information? Device labelling serves as the interface between the manufacturer, the user, and regulatory bodies. (Note that being from Canada, we spell labelling with two Ls.)